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Arslantepe

Arslantepe, also known as Melid, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains. It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near Malatya, Turkey.

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Location
Turkey
Archaeologists
Louis Delaporte, Claude F.A. Schaeffer, Piero Meriggi, Salvatore M. Puglisi, Alba Palmieri
Area
4.85 ha (12.0 acres)
Buffer zone
74.07 ha (183.0 acres)
Condition
In ruins
Criteria
Cultural: (iii)

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Early swords and metal trade

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Arslantepe

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples119
Avg. degree1.96
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Arslantepe

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related to Further reading · 39
Arslantepe → Anatolian Research, Antichità, Asia, Atoms, BC, Beam Interactions, Changes, Cristiano, Eastern Anatolia, End, Federico, Francesca Balossi Restelli, Gate, Gian Maria Di Nocera, Hittites, Late Uruk, Local Elites, Lucia Mori, Manuelli, Marcella
related to Archaeology · 25
Arslantepe → Alba Palmieri, Beginning, Claude, French, From, Gertrude Bell, Hansen, In, Iron Age, It, Italian, Late Bronze, Louis Delaporte, Marcella Frangipane, Neo-Hittite, Osten, Professors Piero Meriggi, Puglisi, Rome, Salvatore
related to Early Bronze · 15
Arslantepe → After, Araxes, Around, BC, Birecik, Birecik Dam Cemetery, Caucasus, EBI-EBII, Kura, Melid, Numerous, Settlement, This, Turkey, Uruk-oriented
related to Expansion of Kura–Araxes and trade in ores · 11
Arslantepe → All, Already, Also, Araxes, Arslantepe VII, Black Sea, Caucasus, Kura, Royal Tomb, To, Upper Mesopotamia
related to Early swords and metal trade · 10
Arslantepe → Among, Analysis, BCE, Early Bronze Age, Marcella Frangipane, Rome, Sapienza University, The, These, Two
related to Late Chalcolithic · 7
Arslantepe → Chalcolithic, It, Late Chalcolithic, LC, The, This, VII
Archaeologists · 1
Arslantepe → Louis Delaporte, Claude F.A. Schaeffer, Piero Meriggi, Salvatore M. Puglisi, Alba Palmieri
Area · 1
Arslantepe → 4.85 ha (12.0 acres)
Buffer zone · 1
Arslantepe → 74.07 ha (183.0 acres)
Condition · 1
Arslantepe → In ruins

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found site melid period tomb late bc also turkey metal swords building uruk level copper two objects city early settlement

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ArslantepeArchaeologistsLouis Delaporte, Claude F.A. Schaeffer, Piero Meriggi, Salvatore M. Puglisi, Alba Palmieri1.00infobox
ArslantepeArea4.85 ha (12.0 acres)1.00infobox
ArslantepeBuffer zone74.07 ha (183.0 acres)1.00infobox
ArslantepeConditionIn ruins1.00infobox
ArslantepeCriteriaCultural: (iii)1.00infobox
ArslantepeDesignated2021 (44th session)1.00infobox
ArslantepeExcavation dates1932-1939, 1946-1951, 1961-19681.00infobox
ArslantepeLocationTurkey1.00infobox
ArslantepeOfficial nameArslantepe Mound1.00infobox
ArslantepeReference no.16221.00infobox
ArslantepeRegionMalatya Province1.00infobox
ArslantepeTypeSettlement1.00infobox

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