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Akçahisar |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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600 m |
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Sanliurfa |
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Büyük Ördek |
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Survey |
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| The mound lies northwest of Sanliurfa; east of Bozova and 2.3 km east of Büyük Ördek village. It is above a terrace of Incesu Stream. The mound was discovered by H. Kuhne in 1978 during his survey along the Incesu valley. It is locally called Gri Esk / Kurutepe. The mound is terraced on the southwest. The collected finds from the surface date back to the Chalcolithic Age; EBA; MBA; LBA; IA; Byzantine and Islamic periods; but the ware characteristics were not specified. The mound was named as Akçahisar because of the remains of a castle on the top of the settlement. Akçahisar will not be inundated by Atatürk Dam. |
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