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Kuresan Düzü

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Kuresan Düzü
Type:
Artifact Scatter
Altitude:
m
Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Batman
District:
Merkez
Village:
Çayüstü
Investigation Method:
Survey
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This wide flat area is a headland extending south; where Tigris makes a wide meander; 8 km west of Suçeken Village and 4 km southeast of Çayüstü Village as the crow flies; south of Batman Province. Palaeolithic chipped stone tools were found during the survey conducted by H. Taskiran in 2004. There are 6 cores and 23 flake-blades among the finds. They generally show the characteristics of Lower Palaeolithic and partly Middle Palaeolithic. Code T61/6 [Taskiran 2006:208].
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