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Cultural Phases

Excavations put forward existence of two main culture phase in mound. Except architectural remains, two phase of mound can be differentiated with original productions. Medieval Age represents the first culture phrase while Pre-Pottery Neolithic that is represented mainly with architectural remains, grave and grave gifts with being destructed in mound extend, represents the second one.

Medieval Age

Medieval Age is much more described with graves. Also, you can come across with poor location area remains such as simple housing foundations and fireplace remains. As it can be understood by order of graves, burial types of skeletons and dead gifts although they are a few in number and as it is possible to carry mentioned era to A.D 4. century, ten unit Constantius II coins that are found in a grave are guides in this matter. Finding graves related to Late Roma and Byzantine age and Islamic ones mixed, shows that mound was used for long time in Medieval Age and make us think they were possibly regarded as cemetery in late periods. This situation of mound concerning late periods gave way to destruction of Neolithic structure.

Pre-Pottery Neolithic A

With leadership of Hallan Çemi, location character contradicting with datas gained from its contemporary locations that are in extend of Upper Tigris Valley, witnessing of foundings taken out as grave gifts in housings and graves, faunal analysis and other proofs show that Körtik Tepe is certainly belongs to Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period. This fact can be confirmed with C14 analysis showing that mound was settled in the beginnings of 10th millenia BC. So, Körtik Tepe is in situation of being the known oldest location of Anatolia. When Epi-Paleolithic characterized microliths and folded backed macro heads reflecting parallels wit Hallan Çemi are taken as basic, there are clues that Körtik Tepe was settled in an earlier time.