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Tatar Höyük |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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560 m |
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Sanliurfa |
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District:
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Bozova |
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Village:
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Tatarhüyük |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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Period:
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Late |
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| The mound is located northwest of Sanliurfa; 9 km northeast of Bozova district; below Tatar village. The 24 m high mound lies on the bank of Incesu stream today; in its previously wider valley. The base of the mound measures 500x200 m; while the cone is 150x110 m. Quite serious destruction is observed on the mound investigated in 1975 by Ü. Serdaroglu as a part of the Lower Euphrates Survey and in 1977 by M. Özdogan. Excavated in 1979 for a short while by Ü. Serdaroglu; the mound is visited again in 1982-84 by Kurban Höyük excavation team and investigated again for a short while by A. Misir from Urfa Museum and H. Hauptmann. The Chalcolithic Age pottery finds are in dark faced burnished ware; non-burnished ware; chaff-faced ware; light colored fine ware; and painted ware. Other finds date to EBA; MBA; IA; and Post-Classical periods. The location code is U 51 / 8. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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