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Hallan Çemi Tepesi



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Neolithic

14C


maps Hallan Çemi Tepesi

Type:
Mound
Altitude:
670 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Batman
District:
Kozluk
Village:
Kaletepe

Destruction :
Dams

TAYEx:
Not visited - 16/9/2001

Registration State:
Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages.
     


Location: This site lies in Kaletepe Village of Kozluk District 50 km north of Batman.
Geography and Environment: The site is on a Late Pleistocene terrace in the narrow Sason Stream Valley; on the western bank of this stream. The Sason Stream; which springs from the Taurus mountain chain; is a tributary of the Tigris. Hallan Çemi is a gently rising 4.3 m high mound which covers an area of 7 hectares.
Destruction Details: Hallan Çemi Tepesi is partly flooded today [TAYEx 16.9.2001].


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