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Çayirlik Yani |
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Mound |
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Diyarbakir |
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Bismil |
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| The site of Çayirlik Yani is located near Pamukçu Stream; a branch of Tigris; 5 km east of Bismil district of Diyarbakir Province. It lies 200 m south of Çayirlik Tepe near Bismil-Batman motorway. The site has been discovered by G. Algaze and researched again by a team conducted by Y. Miyake during 2003 Season Salat Cami Yani and Lower Bismil Survey; as a part of METU TAÇDAM Salvage Project of the Archaeological Heritage of the Ilisu and Carchemish Dam Reservoirs. The south slope and the fields in this direction had been researched. Stone foundations and an oven seen on the section formed by watering ditches. There is a small amount of Late Chalcolithic and lots of Iron Age; Middle Age sherds in the surface finds. Code S59/4. |
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