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Çinaz 1 |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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1940 m |
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Elazig |
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District:
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Kovancilar |
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Village:
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Saraybahçe |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Early Middle |
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| It lies 50 m south of the Elazig-Bingöl road; west of Saraybahçe (Cinaz) Village; 2 km northeast of Kovancilar District; east of Elazig Province. The water deposit of the village locates east and a water spring southeast of the mound. It was discovered by H. Bahar in 1987 and named as "Sekarat". If the data of Bahar and Burney is correct; then Sekarat measures 6 m in height and Cinaz 1 measures 25 m in height and 150x100 m. According to Bahar; Sekarat and Cinaz 1 are two different mounds. Halafian sherds; brown painted at the exterior; cage decorated on the interior; Ubaid vessels; greenish; pale yellow pasted; dark purplish black fingerprint decorated and a stone stamp seal with a motif were found on the surface. It was researched again during the Upper Tigris Region Archaeological Survey by E. Danik et al. in 2006. The dimensions of the mound were; 100x85 m in nort-south direction, and the plains at the top measured 100x50 m. The mound height differed betwen 10-20 m. Among the sherds collected from the mound and environs the Early Chalcolithic-Late Neolithic Halaf ceramics; as well as reserved slip decorated Uruk ware and chisel decorated Ninive 5 ware of Mesopotamian origin, and EBA Karazi, MBA, Early Iron Age and Roman ware were collected as well [Danik 2008:346]. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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