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Beykomu

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Beykomu
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
m
Region:
Eastern Anatolia
Province:
Erzincan
District:
Çayirli
Village:
Mirzaoglu
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
Late Iron Age

     


It lies on a hill overlooking the fertile Çayirli Plain, which is irrigated by Karasu passing through north of the mound, 12 km northeast of the Çayirli District in Erzincan. Like a dune measuring 13x14 m in dimensions, the mound is 50 m high above the plain level. Sherds collected from the mound are dated to the Early Bronze, Late Iron and Middle Ages.
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