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Mound | |||||
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Altitude:
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470 m | |||||
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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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Kahta | |||||
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Village:
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Geldibuldu | |||||
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Destruction :
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Dams | |||||
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Not visited - 29/8/2001 | |||||
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| Location: Tille Höyük is situated on the western of the Euphrates River, east of Adiyaman, near the spot where a modern road passes over the river [Summers 1998:399]. It has been occupied by a modern village called Geldibuldu (Tille) at present. It is a small village with 17 houses on the east, west and south slopes of the mound, 30 km east of Kahta, north of the Urfa-Diyarbakir motorway [Moore 1993:199]. |
| Geography and Environment: While somewhat high and steep mountains to the north of Tille separates Adiyaman from the Malatya Region, the Euphrates River runs through deep rocks down in the valley. In a similar way, the river runs through high rocks in the south till it reaches the plain at Samsat Region [Summers 1998:399]. The mound lies on a narrow and deep bank composed by a stream spilling into the Euphrates River. Including the eastern terrace, it covers an area of 200x140 m. It reaches up to a height of 26 m above the plain level. The base diameter of the mound's conical section is approximately 130 m, and before the excavations, the flat hill was measured around 40x33 m [Moore 1993:199]. |
| Destruction Details: The site is flooded by dam reservoir today [TAYEx 29.8.2001]. |
