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Imamoglu Höyük |
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Mound | |||||
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Altitude:
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693 m | |||||
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Eastern Anatolia | |||||
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Province:
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Malatya | |||||
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District:
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Battalgazi | |||||
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Village:
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Imamli | |||||
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Destruction :
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Dams | |||||
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Not visited - 15/8/2003 | |||||
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| Location: It was located 800 m southwest of the Imamli Village of the Battalgazi District; northeast of the Malatya Province. It has been partly damaged by the flooding of the Karakaya Dam. It remained like an island for a long period of time. The latest excavation held in 1987 was conducted when it was an island. It is coded under P50 / 3. |
| Geography and Environment: Imamoglu Höyügü was located on a cobbled alluvial cone formed probably by the Euphrates; where the Höyük Stream and the Kirmizi Stream join. It was overlooking the Euphrates. It measured 14 m in height and 100 m in diameter. It was a conic hill with steep slopes. There was a small terrace on the north. |
| Destruction Details: The mound is flooded by dam reservoir [TAYEx 15.8.2003]. |
