THE BRONZE AND IRON AGE SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS AND CULTURAL STRUCTURE OF THE TIGRIS REGION WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION AREA OF THE ILISU DAM

ÖKSE A. T., ATAY E., EROĞLU M., TAN Y.

TUBA-AR-TURKISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, cilt.12, ss.25-48, 2009 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: TUBA-AR-TURKISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.25-48
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ilisu Dam, Upper Tigris Region, Mardin, Bronze Ages, Iron Ages, Assyrian Period
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The field surveys carried out at the construction area of the Ilisu Dam, located on a small plain formed by the Tigris River between the Mardin Massive and the Eastern Taunts zone, revealed 65 ancient places used since the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period (Okse vd 2006). Surface material dating to the 3rd-1st millennia BC is obtained from 15 sites. The surveyed area is 1600 ha in extend, situated on both banks of the river.