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Çattepe - Tilli |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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450 m |
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Siirt |
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District:
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Kurtalan |
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Village:
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Çattepe |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Late |
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| The triangular conical mound; at least 9 m in height; lies southwest of the city of Siirt; south of Kurtalan; west of the area where Botan empties into Tigris; near Çattepe (Tilli) Village. It is located at a strategically important place. The site was discovered during Botan Survey conducted by Algaze as a part of Tigris-Euphrates Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey Project. In 2000; the site was reinvestigated by a team under the directorship of J. Velibeyoglu during their survey in Botan Valley and Çattepe (Tilli); as a part of the METU TAÇDAM Salvage Project of the Archaeological Heritage of the Ilisu and Carchemish Dam Reservoirs. Algaze has reported that the prehistoric pottery is more abundant to the east and southeast of the settlement [Algaze 1989:254]. During the investigations in 2000; were encountered a small number of bevelled rim bowl sherds; which indicate a Late Uruk settlement; and two rim sherds probably belonging to the funnel shaped bowls of one of the painted variations of Ninevite 5 ceramics [Velibeyoglu et al. 2002:795]. These finds were interpreted as the evidence of a settlement beginning from the Chalcolithic and continuing to the first half of the 2nd Millennium BC in Botan Valley. The existence of the painted Ninevite 5 ware to the north of Tur Abdin mountains; has shown that this type of ware reached the northern section of the cultural region of Mesopotamia; at least in its earlier phases (Halaf-Nineve 5) [Velibeyoglu et al. 2002:797]. Considering the remains of walls and towers; the mound was a fortress in Roman Period. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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