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Kuskatin Sirti

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Kuşkatin Sırtı
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Artifact Scatter
Altitude:
m
Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Batman
District:
Merkez
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Investigation Method:
Survey
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It lies on the southern slopes of Mount Raman that face Tigris valley; south of Batman Province. The flint finds collected during the survey conducted by H. Taskiran in 2003 are generally dated to Middle Palaeolithic. There is a small Micoque axe and lots of flakes which some of them are retouched and side scrapers and some notched and denticulated tools among the finds. There is also a flaked Levallois core found. Survey code is S61/59.
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