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Korucutepe



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

Region:
Eastern Anatolia
Province:
Elazig
District:
Merkez
Village:
Asagi Içme

Destruction :
Dams

TAYEx:
Not visited - 15/8/2003

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


Location: It was located next to the Asagi Içme Village; 30 km east of the Elazig Province [van Loon 1987a:pl.1]. It is coded under 0 55/1.
Geography and Environment: It was one of the biggest mounds of the Altinova Plain. It measured 16 m in height and 190 m in diameter before flooded by the Keban Dam. It is referred to as Asagi Içme in some publications [Meriggi 1967:280].
Destruction Details: The mound is flooded by dam reservoir [TAYEx 15.8.2003].


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