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Isaköy |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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755 m |
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Malatya |
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District:
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Arguvan |
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Village:
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Isaköy |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Early Middle |
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| The 8 m high mound; measuring 75 m in diameter; lies north of Malatya; 5 km east-southeast of Arguvan; 2 km south-southeast of Isaköy. Malatya-Arguvan motorway is southwest of the mound. It was discovered during the Sivas-Van Survey conducted by C.A. Burney in in 1956. He claims that the Chalcolithic Age sherds were found on the surface. One sherd; paint decorated over plain gray-buff slipped sherd; varying from mottled red to gray in color on the exterior; of light red ware was found. According to Burney; this sherd resembles Hassuna types. Painted sherds; belonging to the Ubaid Period; were also found. The site dates to the 7th and 9th phases in ASPRO. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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