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Tille |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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470 m |
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Adiyaman |
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District:
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Kahta |
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Village:
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Geldibuldu |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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| It was located on the western bank of the Euphrates before the construction of the Atatürk Dam; east of Adiyaman Province. It was a small mound. At present; it is beneath the waters of the dam. During the survey conducted under M. Özdogan; very limited number of EBA sherds was collected from the surface. The EBA level was not reached during the excavation carried out by D.H. French. The area on the northwestern part of the mound yielded mixed EBA material in the LBA levels. It is suggested that the EBA settlement was obscured by the late period settlements. It is located where the Euphrates can be crossed over from Adiyaman to Sanliurfa. It is among the major settlements of the region. It is coded under S 52 - 11. |
| Location: Tille Höyük is situated on the western of the Euphrates River, east of Adiyaman, near the spot where a modern road passes over the river [Summers 1998:399]. It has been occupied by a modern village called Geldibuldu (Tille) at present. It is a small village with 17 houses on the east, west and south slopes of the mound, 30 km east of Kahta, north of the Urfa-Diyarbakir motorway [Moore 1993:199]. |
| Geography and Environment: While somewhat high and steep mountains to the north of Tille separates Adiyaman from the Malatya Region, the Euphrates River runs through deep rocks down in the valley. In a similar way, the river runs through high rocks in the south till it reaches the plain at Samsat Region [Summers 1998:399]. The mound lies on a narrow and deep bank composed by a stream spilling into the Euphrates River. Including the eastern terrace, it covers an area of 200x140 m. It reaches up to a height of 26 m above the plain level. The base diameter of the mound's conical section is approximately 130 m, and before the excavations, the flat hill was measured around 40x33 m [Moore 1993:199]. |
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