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Mound |
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Altitude:
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955 m |
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Siirt |
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District:
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Kurtalan |
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Village:
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Gürgöze |
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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 mound lies within Siirt province; 2.5 km west of Kurtalan; approximately 75 m east of Görgüze (Aynik) village; beside the Batman-Kurtalan highway. To the north is the Batman-Kurtalan motorway and to the northeast Gri Miri takes place. A stream flows from the east-southeast and the mound slopes in steps towards it. The 5 m high mound with a diameter of approximately 50 m is discovered during the 1963 survey conducted by the University of Istanbul and Chicago Oriental Institute. The earliest level dates to Pre-Halaf Period and the other finds belong to Halaf Period; Halaf-Ubaid Transition Period; Ubaid Period; end of the 4th Millennium BC; 2nd Millennium BC; Byzantine and Islamic periods. |
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