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Mound |
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Altitude:
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425 m |
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Sirnak |
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District:
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Silopi |
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Village:
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Yankale |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Early Middle Late |
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| The mound lies in Yankale Village; south of Silopi; north of the border of Turkey-Iraq. It is located at the area where Habur stream joins with the Tigris. To the west of the mound runs the Surik Stream. The site was discovered during a survey conducted by G. Algaze around the Tigris and its tributaries as part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project. The settlement; at the very top of the mound; dates to the 2nd Millennium BC. Other occupation levels on the mound belong to the Halaf; Ubaid; and Uruk Periods. The site consists of a large mound and a lower terrace extending in an area of 12 hectare. The surface finds are the painted ware of Halaf and Ubaid periods and the typical vessels of Uruk; which are beveled rim bowls; chaff ware; grit-tempered ware and conical bowls. The site has been revisited by a team under G. Kozbe in 2004 and a grindstone found on surface as well as potsherds. The finds are dated to Halaf; Ubaid; Late Chalcolithic; Nineve V; Middle and Late 3rd millennium BC; Early; Middle and Late Assyrian Period. There are Ottoman Period castle remains around the mound and an old tomb southeast of it. |
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