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Mound | |||||
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Altitude:
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1290 m | |||||
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Eastern Anatolia | |||||
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Erzincan | |||||
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Üzümlü | |||||
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Merkez | |||||
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Destruction :
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Illicit Digging | |||||
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Visited - 24/6/2003 | |||||
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Registration State:
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Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
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| Location: It lies to the immediate north of the Erzurum-Erzincan motorway, 20 km east of Erzincan. |
| Geography and Environment: Lying on the northern edge of the very fertile Erzincan Plain, Altintepe also commands the renown trade road running from East Anatolia to Central Anatolia. The oval-planned hill on which the fortress of Altintepe rises is 60 m high above the plain. It is 1290 m high. |
| Destruction Details: The mound; which has previously been excavated; is being damaged due to illicit diggings and cultivation [TAYEx 24.6.2003]. Four steleae, 4 stele pedestals and 1 altar identified out in the open air sanctuary in 1959 by T. Özgüç were destroyed and were found in fragments during 2008 excavations [Karaosmanoğlu 2010:23]. |
