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Hayaz Höyük |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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380 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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Samsat |
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Village:
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Hayaz |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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| Location: This site lay south of the city of Adiyaman; 17 km west of the town of Samsat; and beneath the village of Hayaz; which has since been flooded by the Atatürk Dam Lake. It was very difficult to reach this village before it was flooded by the dam lake. The road from Samsat used to end at Kalburcu Stream. |
| Geography and Environment: Before the Atatürk Dam Lake was formed; this mound-site lay at the confluence of the Euphrates and Kalburcu Stream. The mound was on the flanks of a natural hill known as Herik Tepe along the Euphrates. The village of Hayaz was located on the western and southern fringes of the mound. The modern inhabitants of this village resorted to the mound for stone and soil and partially destroyed it. It is 9 m high and has a base diameter of 90 m. Since there are no springs in the nearby vicinity; the inhabitants of this site must have used both Kalburcu Stream and the Euphrates as their water supply. |
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| Research and Excavation: Particularly documentation of the flake stone industry dating to the Neolithic Age during the survey conducted in 1977 in the mound, which was discovered in 1975 [Özdogan 1977:133] resulted in initiation of scientific excavations under the direction of J.J. Roodenberg on behalf of the Netherlands Historical and Archaeological Institute in 1979. The excavations were hardly continued as the Hayaz Village was difficult to reach, and there was a modern village over the mound. Yet, they lasted until 1983. |
| Stratigraphy: Four main layers were identified from top to bottom as follows: Layer 1: Byzantine/Middle Age Layer 2: mixed period of Iron Age-Middle Bronze Age (?) Layer 3: Early Bronze Age phases III-II Layer 4: Aceramic Neolithic Age The eastern section of the mound was occupied as a cemetery area by the settlement during the Early Bronze Age. |
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