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Water Construction |
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Igdir |
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Karakoyunlu |
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Survey |
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| It is situated 5.5-6 km southeast of Karakoyunlu District of Igdir. The region is entirely covered by volcanic lava spread on a large area on the north skirts of Agri Mountain. Due to the permeability of the porous lava layer there is a lack of water. There are no settlements or archaeological sites around the pond's area. The pond wall was built of large andesite stones, between two rocky hills extending in east-west direction. The total wall length of 16 m blocks the north direction. The pond containing the water, is approximately 80-90 m and 300-330 m long. Pond's water are contained inside an area approximately of 30.000 m2. Its current condition is similar to that of Kurt pond on the northeast skirts of Tendürek Mountain and Arç Dam in the south of Van Lake, in terms of location and design. The spring flows from south to north, and the thick layers of soil and particularly the sandcariied by rain and floods, cover the entire area. The pond wall was first demolished by pond waters then it was destroyed by the floods. At present only its connections to the west and east rocky hills are visible. The stones carried to the north section by the waters are lying around, dispersed, but, most of these were covered by a layer of sand. The large andesite stones used in the construction of the wall, were obtained from the rich quarries in the environs. There are no archaeological remains in the environs that may help date the pond, except for the Early Iron Age Luhiuni city remains 5 km northeast, and Asagi and Yukari Karakoyunlu fortresses built during King Menua. Besides these, the Early Iron Age fortress Etiuni and Urartu period fortress Kasimtigi are 4 km west. Since these fortresses and the settlement area covers a very large piece of land, the Early Iron Age and Urartu Kingdom period populations were probably too crowded. The region was under the sovereignty of Urartu Kingdom therefore it is assumed that the pond was built in 8th century BC [Belli 2007:211-213]. |
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