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Yayvantepe / Til Huzur |
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Mound | |||||
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Altitude:
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810 m | |||||
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Region:
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Southeastern Anatolia | |||||
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Province:
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Diyarbakir | |||||
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District:
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Ergani | |||||
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Village:
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Yayvantepe | |||||
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Destruction :
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Contemporary Settlements | |||||
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TAYEx:
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Visited - 6/9/2001 | |||||
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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: This site lies northwest of the city of Diyarbakir; 6 km south of the town of Ergani in the village of Yayvantepe (which used to be called Til Huzur). The survey code of the site is R 56 / 1. |
| Geography and Environment: The mound; which lies in the Ergani Plain; is east of the stream which feeds this plain; the Bogazçay. The mound is surrounded by the modern village of Yayvantepe. Modern abandoned buildings continue to add to the depositional mound process. The mound is now 9 m high and has a 150x100 m base [Benedict 1980:128]. The Yayvantepe villagers have damaged the northern part of the mound for soil for mud brick construction. There are two springs close to the site; one in the north and one in the northwest. |
| Destruction Details: The mound is destructed by contemporary settlement. The excavated area is being used as waste pit and there are houses all over the mound [TAYEx 6.9.2001]. |
