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Chalcolithic EBA IA |
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Mound | |||||
Altitude:
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia | |||||
Province:
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Elazig | |||||
District:
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Içme | |||||
Village:
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Kiraç | |||||
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Destruction :
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Dams | |||||
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TAYEx:
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Not visited - 15/7/2003 | |||||
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Registration State:
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For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
Location: It was located 2 km southeast of the Kirac (Ilemil) Village; 22 km east of the Elazig Province before it was flooded by the Keban Dam. |
Geography and Environment: It was looking like a natural hill from a distance; located on the edge of the soft ridges bordering the Murat Suyu on the west on the eastern end of the Altinova Plain. Therefore; it went unnoticed by the scientists conducting surveys in the vicinity of Elazig. It was reported to be a slope settlement [Duru 1979a:4]. The eastern side was severely damaged by a modern irrigation channel. The mound was named after a mill on the eastern part. It was reported to measure 11 m in height and 130x120 m in dimensions. The height was decreased down to ca. 9 m due to erosion (R. Whallon reports it as 7 m). |
Destruction Details: The mound is flooded by dam reservoir [TAYEx 15.7.2003]. |
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