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Mound and Cemetery | |||||
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Altitude:
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475 m | |||||
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia | |||||
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Province:
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Sanliurfa | |||||
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District:
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Siverek | |||||
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Village:
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Yukari Tillakin | |||||
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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: Before it was inundated by Atatürk Dam; the site lied between Yukari Tillakin Village and Asagi Tillakin Village of Siverek District of Urfa; approximately 1 km north of Adiyaman-Urfa Road; south of Euphrates [Behm-Blancke 1987b:117]. The location code of the site is S 52 / 18. |
| Geography and Environment: The flat mound is on a terrace that descends evenly; on one of the old branches of Euphrates. Although it was damaged due to erosion; the site is reported to be covering an area of 350x150 m before the erosion [Behm-Blancke 1987b:117]. According to the observations on the animal bones; bones of goat; pig; and cattle are more than sheep in the Late Chalcolithic Age of Hassek. This suggests the existence of trees and bushes around the site. However; partly wooded areas; seen today near Euphrates; are not thought to be so broad in the Late Chalcolithic Age [Behm-Blancke et al. 1981:89]. Sources of clay; used in pottery making; and basalt; limestone; used for buildings; are located very near the site. The fresh water spring; approximately 100 m south-southwest of the site; is thought to be used as a water source by the inhabitants of Hassek Höyük [Behm-Blancke et al. 1981:93]. |
| Destruction Details: The site is flooded by dam reservoir today [TAYEx 29.8.2001]. |
