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Multi-periodSite Name: Müslümantepe
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 1.878 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bismil  Nearest Village: Şahintepe
Latitude: 37.814039N  Longitude: 40.918695E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ancient Settlement in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey

Müslümantepe was used continuously from the Chalcolithic through the Roman Period and it is believed that with further investigations the site will have an important role for the studies of Neo-Assyrian; Ur Dynasty and Late Uruk periods of the Upper Tigris cultural region. - TAY Project.

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Street structure from ancient times unearthed in eastern Turkey by davidmorgan on Thursday, 07 February 2013
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A street structure from 4,000 years ago found during excavations in the eastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır’s Bismil reflect an architectural style similar to contemporary structures.

A street structure from 4,000 years ago has been found among attached houses unearthed as part of the Müslümantepe archaeological rescue excavations carried out by the Diyarbakır Museum in the eastern province of Diyarbakır’s Bismil district.

The excavations have been ongoing since 2000 as part of a project to rescue and preserve cultural items from the area to be flooded by the Ilsu dam. According to officials, artifacts that have been collected and documented date as far back as the early, middle and late Bronze Ages, including the Assyrian period, early Iron Age, Iron Age and Islamic period. A street structure found among houses as well as developed architectural structures were also unearthed.

Particularly significant finds were made in 2012, and Diyarbakır Museum archaeologist Şeref Yumruk, a leader in the project, said excavation work was completed on Oct. 27 and they were now working on documenting the findings. “We unearthed seven periods in one excavation,” he said. Yumruk said that findings from Müslümantepe had architectural differences from those found in other areas, and shed important light on early Iron Age architecture.

“The fact that the interior of these houses were covered with stone has not seen before in the region. There are wooden shelves in these houses above-ground and we think that these shelves were used to protect food from insects. Also there are depots next to the houses to keep grains. This was used especially in rural areas and it shows us the continuation of the same culture in the region. We unearthed mid-Bronze Age architecture during excavations that dates back 4,000 years. We found out that this age ended with an invasion and fire. The most important architectural finding from this period is the street structure, which is 1 to 1.5 meters wide. This street structure was constructed with pebblestones and broken ceramic pieces and is similar to today’s street structures,” Yumruk said.

He added that they unearthed historic graves, 150 of which were from the Islamic period and one from the Roman period.

Source: Hurriyet.
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