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Ambar Tepe |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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428 m |
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Sanliurfa |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Ambartepe |
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Survey |
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| It is located 23.5 km northwest of Harran; 6.5 km northeast of Sanliurfa-Akçakale motorway. It is a circular mound measuring 210 m in diameter and rising about 13 m above the plain level. It was visited by N. Yardimci during the survey of Harran Plain. The Chalcolithic finds consist of Halafian and Obeid painted pottery; straw tempered wares and sandy burnished wares. Sherds belonging to the EBA were also collected from the surface. |
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