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Imikusagi |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Elazig |
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District:
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Baskil |
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Village:
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Imikusagi |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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| Inundated in the present; the 100x110 m mound; measuring 38 m in height; together with the conglomerate below; lied south of Baskil district; northwest of Imikusagi village. Excavations were conducted by V. Sevin in 1981-86. Continuous settlements from the Chalcolithic Age to Ottoman Period are existent at the northern and western parts of the mound which are eroded by the river. A sherd is light brown painted over greenish beige slip with diagonal bands and dates to the Late Chalcolithic Age. |
| Location: It is located on the northwestern edge of the Imikusagi (Malhasan) Village in the Baskil District of Elazig. |
| Geography and Environment: Situated on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, it lies across the confluence of the Tahma Brook with the Euphrates. It is suitable for crossing over, and it was also probably for this purpose during the ancient period. |
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