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Kurban Höyük



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Type:
Mound
Altitude:
418 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Sanliurfa
District:
Bozova
Village:
Çinarli

Destruction :
Dams

TAYEx:
Not visited - 29/8/2001

Registration State:
Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages.
     


Location: The site used to lie on the south bank of Euphrates; 2 km west of the village of Cümcüme connected to Bozova District of the city of Urfa; previous to its inundation by Atatürk Dam Reservoir. It was 60 km north-northwest of the city of Urfa and 15 km from the district of Bozova. The location code is U 50 / 7.
Geography and Environment: Kurban Höyük is founded upon a low; 1.5 km wide terrace on the south bank of Euphrates and is surrounded by a higher terrace at the south. It is discovered that the first settlement of Kurban Höyük lies beside a natural water spring; at the edge of the alluvial plain of a valley that cuts one of the higher terraces. The mound has two low cones. The higher one on the south is 9-10 m high from the plain level and measures 250x180 m. The latter on the north is 4 m high and measures 170x120 m. Both mounds; in total; cover an area of approximately 6 hectares (250 m in east-west and 300 m in north-south direction). 3000 m2 of the mound is excavated and virgin soil is reached in three of the trenches [Algaze 1990c:4-5].
Destruction Details: The site is flooded by dam reservoir today [TAYEx 29.8.2001].


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