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Asintepe Sirti Çevresi |
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Artifact Scatter |
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Batman |
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Kesmeköprü |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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| It lies at the wide area called Asintepe Ridge betweeen Kadirsevün Stream and Hamduni Stream which extends north to East Raman Mountain; 3 km northeast of Kesmeköprü II (Kiliç Quarter) Village; sotheast of Batman. Palaeolithic chipped stone tools were found during the survey conducted by H. Taskiran in 2004. There are 5 biface tools and 12 cores among the finds. They are dated to the end of Lower Palaeolithic and Middle Palaeolithic. Code T62/7 [Taskiran 2006:210]. |
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