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Analyses of Tepecik and Tülintepe Metal Artifacts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Alaaddin Çukur
Affiliation:
Fırat University. Elazıǧ, Turkey
Şeref Kunç*
Affiliation:
Fırat University. Elazıǧ, Turkey
*
All correspondence should be addressed to Şeref Kunç.

Extract

Tepecik and Tülintepe mounds are situated in the area of the reservoir of Keban dam, now completely flooded since 1974. Both mounds were located in Altınova plain about 31 and 21 km. respectively (by road) east of Elazıǧ in Eastern Turkey. The distance between the two mounds was about 9·5 km. as the crow flies. The rescue excavations at Tepecik were carried out in the years 1968–74 and at Tülintepe in 1971–74 (Esin 1975a, Esin 1975b).

Tepecik was settled from the Late Neolithic period and Tülintepe from Chalcolithic to Medieval times. The sites were situated only about 60 km. away from the important copper and lead mines of Ergani Maden and about 70 km. from the mines of Keban. These two mining regions have often been quoted in the literature as possible copper and lead sources in Turkey since prehistoric times (Tylecote 1976, Seeliger et al. 1985 and Wagner et al. 1986).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 1989

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