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Mound | |||||
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Altitude:
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1660 m | |||||
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Diameter:
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118 m- Direction: N-S | |||||
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia | |||||
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Province:
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Van | |||||
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District:
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Edremit | |||||
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Village:
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Dilkaya | |||||
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Destruction :
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Illicit Digging - Contemporary Settlements - Attention | |||||
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TAYEx:
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Visited - 4/7/2003 | |||||
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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 immediate west of Dilkaya Village of the Edremit Sub-District; 24 km southwest of the Van Province [Çilingiroglu 1985:159]. The mound is reached through the Dilkaya (Horkum) exit on the west of the motorway running from the district to Van [See Çilingiroglu 1986:map at plan1]. |
| Geography and Environment: It stands on a natural sand dune on the northern bank of the Hosap Suyu where it spills to the Lake Van [Çilingiroglu-Derin 1992:topographical plan at pic.1]. The mound has been destroyed by the waters of the Lake and the local villagers. The thickness of the cultural deposit is 7 m since the virgin soil; sand in fact; was reached at 7 m [Çilingiroglu 1990:247]. |
| Destruction Details: Illicit digging pits were observed to the south-southwest of the settlement. Its western slope is being eroded by Lake Van. There are remains of a ruined building on its east-northeast slope [TAYEx 4.7.2003]. |
