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Eskinisefine



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Palaeolithic/Epipalaeolithic




maps Eskinisefine

Type:
Habitation Site / Workshop
Altitude:
m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Eastern Anatolia
Province:
Elazig
District:
Agin
Village:
Eskinisefine

Destruction :
Dams

TAYEx:
Not visited - 15/8/2003

Registration State:
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Location: Kökten reports that this site was at the confluence of the Murat and Karasu Streams; 44 km; as the crow flies; northwest of Elazig. It was on the first terrace of the Murat Stream before it was flooded by the Keban Dam Lake. The name Kökten chose to give this site; Eskinisefine (Eskinisefini); refers to a region that lies 12 km northeast of this area and the confluence of the Murat and Bedrettin (Tagar) streams. Eskinisefine is another area submerged by the Keban Dam Lake. It is more likely that this is the real location of the site. Although Kökten has referred to this site under many different names we have chosen to use the name he used on his maps.
Geography and Environment: Kökten reports that these finds were found in the Lower Palaeolithic deposits on the first terrace of the Murat Stream formed in the Tertiary Period. The southern part of this region is mountainous.
Destruction Details: The mound is flooded by dam reservoir [TAYEx 15.8.2003].


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