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Slope Settlement |
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Igdir |
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Tuzluca |
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Survey |
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| It is located on the slope of Cin Valley on the high ridge on the south of Tuzluca. It was discovered during the survey conducted by Özfirat in 2011. On the surface, sherds belonging to EBA and Middle IA were seen. The walls, the plan of which is not clear, were erected with semi-worked large stone blocks from the outside. Small stones were used to build interior section. There are "Dirhe" houses in the settlement. One of them is square planned with a dimension of 8.50x8.50 m. the walls were built with cyclopean stones and the thicknes of the wall cannot be determined. Similar structures were seen on the south and northeast sections as well [Özfirat 2013:293-295]. |
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