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| Alternative name | Geldibuldu |
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| Location | Adıyaman Province,Southeastern Anatolia,Turkey |
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| Archaeologists | David French |
Tille Höyük is anarchaeological site in atGeldibuldu village in theAdıyaman Province ofTurkey. It is a small settlement mound on the west bank of theEuphrates some 60 km east ofAdıyaman.[1]
The site was excavated by theBritish Institute of Archaeology at Ankara,[2] under the direction ofDavid French, from 1978[1] to its flooding by theAtatürk Reservoir in 1990. Surface pottery suggests the site was first occupied in the fourth millennium BC, but large-scale excavation was restricted to the Medieval, Classical and Iron Age levels of the site. A small step-trench recovered Iron Age and Bronze Age pottery in 1980; a more substantial trench was cut into the side of the mound in the last season and reached Late Bronze Age levels.
The Iron Age levels at Tille have been identified on the basis of the presence of iron objects, and the parallels in pottery with Late Assyrian pottery fromMesopotamia. More precise evidence for dating the extensive Iron Age burnt level comes from comparison of its architectural features. The pebble mosaic courtyard and surrounding building plan is found close parallels in eighth century BC. Neo-Assyrian buildings atTil Barsip andArslan Tash inSyria. The date of the extensive burnt level can be placed in the eighth-seventh centuries BC. on archaeological grounds.
Finds from the site are in theAdıyaman Museum.[3]
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