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Mound | |||||
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Malatya | |||||
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Battalgazi | |||||
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Village:
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Firat | |||||
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Not visited - 15/8/2003 | |||||
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| Location: It was located 250 m southwest of the former bridge of the Malatya-Elazig railway; within the territory of the Firat Village; east of the Battlagazi District (Old Malatya); about 31 km northeast of the Malatya Province before it was flooded by the Karakaya Dam. |
| Geography and Environment: 100 m far from the Euphrates; it was standing on an old terrace of the Euphrates on a ridge consisting of low hills adjacent to the river bed [Bilgi 1987a:189-190]. Name of the mound; rumor has it that; comes from a holly person Köskerbaba or Göçkerbaba who was a very tall shoemaker. Tomb of this holly person calling attention by its exaggerated length was located at the downhill. It was verified that during the construction of the old bridge; some structures were built on the mound and a leveling was carried out as well so that the upper layer of the mound was severely damaged. |
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