Körtik Tepe

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Coordinates: 37 ° 48 ′ 51 ″  N , 40 ° 59 ′ 22 ″  E

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Körtik Tepe , also Kotik / Kotuk Tepe , is a Neolithic site near Ağilköy in the district of Bismil in the Turkish province of Diyarbakır .

The place was discovered in 1989 as part of a survey and explored from 1990 as a rescue excavation before the construction of the Ilısu dam . The approximately 5 m high hill lies at the confluence of the Tigris and Batman Çayı , a very humid and spring-rich alluvial plain. It has a surface of around 100 × 150 m. Numerous medieval sherds were found on the surface, but also many microliths . In keeping with the latter, remains of the aceramic were uncovered during excavations . These lay under a medieval layer of use and consisted mainly of graves. The additions to these burials are similar to finds from Hallan Çemi and Demirköy .

literature

  • Vecihi Özkaya: Körtik Tepe. An early Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in the Upper Tigris valley. In: T. Korkut (Ed.): Anadolu'da Doğdu. Festschrift for Fahri Işık on his 60th birthday. Istanbul: Ege Yarınları. 2004, pp. 585-599. Full text (PDF; 5.5 MB)
  • Vecihi Özkaya / Oya San: Körtik Tepe , in The oldest monuments of mankind. 12,000 years ago in Anatolia (Great State Exhibition Baden-Württemberg 2007 in the Badisches Landesmuseum Schloss Karlsruhe, January 20 - June 17, 2007), ed. from the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2072-8 , p. 78.
  • Vecihi Özkaya - Aytaç Coşkun - Nevin Soyukaya, Körtik Tepe. Uygarlığın Diyarbakır'daki Ilk Adımları / The first traces of Civilization in Diyarbakir / The first stages of civilization in Diyarbakir. Istanbul 2013, ISBN 978-605-149-011-3 .

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