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Kel Hasan Mevkii

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Kel Hasan Mevkii
Type:
Habitation Site / Workshop
Altitude:
m
Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Gaziantep
District:
Karkamis
Village:
Günalti
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
AP

     


This site is in Gaziantep province; Karkamis district; about 500 m northeast of Günalti Village. There is a bridge at the point where the road from Günalti Village to Kefri Village passes Yedigöz Stream. The field right after crossing this bridge to the north of the road is called Kel Hasan Mevkii [Taskiran 2002:425]. This site was discovered in 2000 by a team under H. Taskiran during the project of "The Palaeolithic Survey in the Carchemish Dam Reservoir Region" coordinated by METU TAÇDAM (Center for Research and Assessment of the Historic Environment). The site yielded typical bifaced Lower Palaeolithic tools [Taskiran 2002:425]. Code W48/47.
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