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Gri Memo Mevkii |
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| Palaeolithic/Epipalaeolithic |
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Habitation Site / Workshop | |||||
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia | |||||
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Province:
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Adiyaman | |||||
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District:
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Samsat | |||||
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Village:
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Balcilar | |||||
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Destruction :
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Dams | |||||
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Not visited - 29/8/2001 | |||||
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Registration State:
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Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
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| Location: This site was south-southeast of Adiyaman; 5 km west-southwest of Samsat and about 2.700 m west of the village of Balcilar (Sinan Kantara). Before it was submerged under the Atatürk Dam Lake in 1992; the site lay on a hillock known as Gri Memo Tepesi; immediately north of the Kantara-Berferat highway and west of the Zeril Stream. Its code is T 50 / 19. |
| Geography and Environment: The Gri Memo Tepesi; which was conical in shape; had many gullies carved by streams on its flanks. Chipped stone tools and fragments of tools were found especially on the eastern flank. Although the density of tools was low; it is assumed that the hill was used as a temporary habitation area or campsite. |
| Destruction Details: The site is flooded by dam reservoir today [TAYEx 29.8.2001]. |
