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Gire Herzem



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

Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Mardin
District:
Kiziltepe
Village:
Eroglu

Destruction :
Illicit Digging - Contemporary Settlements - Highways, roads, bridges etc. - Attention

TAYEx:
Visited - 20/9/2001

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


Location:
Geography and Environment:
Destruction Details: The site of Gire Herzem is destructed by the causes of contemporary settlement; road and illicit digging. There are water deposits on top and eastern skirt of the mound; also there are houses on south and southeast slopes and a portion which soil has been removed on southeast slope. The southern slope of the mound is cut by a paved road and there are pits on the surface of the mound caused by illicit digging. Topography of the mound is completely ruined [TAYEx 20.9.2001].


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