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Degirmentepe

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Değirmentepe
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
m
Region:
Eastern Anatolia
Province:
Elazig
District:
Içme
Village:
Kiraç
Investigation Method:
Excavation
Period:
Late

     


Inundated by Keban Dam in 1974; the 11 m high mound; measuring 120x110 m; lied 22 km east of the city of Elazig; northwest of Içme; 2 km southeast of Kirac (Ilemil) village; at the west bank of Murat streams old bed. It was discovered by R. Whallon and S. Kantman in 1967 and excavated in 1973 by R. Duru. Iron Age and EBA levels were mostly excavated. It has been interpretated that ceramics dating to the Early Chalcolithic Age and Late Chalcolithic Age were found during the surface collection. The location code of the site is O 54 / 3.
Location: It was located 2 km southeast of the Kirac (Ilemil) Village; 22 km east of the Elazig Province before it was flooded by the Keban Dam.
Geography and Environment: It was looking like a natural hill from a distance; located on the edge of the soft ridges bordering the Murat Suyu on the west on the eastern end of the Altinova Plain. Therefore; it went unnoticed by the scientists conducting surveys in the vicinity of Elazig. It was reported to be a slope settlement [Duru 1979a:4]. The eastern side was severely damaged by a modern irrigation channel. The mound was named after a mill on the eastern part. It was reported to measure 11 m in height and 130x120 m in dimensions. The height was decreased down to ca. 9 m due to erosion (R. Whallon reports it as 7 m).
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