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Asagi Keferzo

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Aşağı Keferzo
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
730 m
Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Batman
District:
Merkez
Village:
Yenipinar
Investigation Method:
Survey
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It is obscured by the village it was named after; 8 km south of Besir District; east of Batman Province. Buildings of Asagi Keferzo (Yesilpinar) Village cover the top hill and the terraces of the mound which is 20 m high. To the west flow shallow streams like Avzine. In 1963; the team under P. Benedict collected several sherds from an area of 75 m in diameter including the wares of EBA production. The year the survey was conducted; there was only one building on the top hill. It is coded under S 62 / 5.
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