[{"fields": {"description": "", "comment": "K\u00f6rtik Tepe is located in the administrative district of Bismil, province of Diyarbakn near the small hamlet of Pinarbasi of the Agil Village (Ancolini), at the contluence of Batman Cay with the Tigris, about 30 km to the west of Batman in Southeast Anatolia; the environmental setting of this landscape is evidently defined by the Tigris system. With its approximate height of 5 m above the plain and an average area of 100 x 150m, the mound has the appearance of a low hill. Locally known as Kotuk or Kotik Tepe, the mound was first discovered during a surface survey conducted in 1989 and was evaluated as a site of a later date.\r\nThe excavations revealed the presence of two main cultural stages at the mound that can easily be distinguished, both through their architectural remains and their particular material assemblages. The first of the two phases is the Medieval period; the second, although much disturbed throughout the mound, is the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, extensively represented by architectural remains, graves, and burial gifts. \r\nThe use of the mound as a field in recent years also caused disturbance of the culturallayers, especially of the Medieval remains to such a degree that in some areas the Neolithic deposits became almost exposed in the topsoil. ln some of the areas, later graves dug deep into the mound have also been the cause of disturbance to Neolithic layers; thus, occasionally, in some trenches late and early hurials have been encountered tagether in the same level. ln spite of all these destructive agencies, it has still been possible to obtain sufficient data to draw a comprehensive picture of the various aspects of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic culture at K\u00f6rtik Tepe. ", "exact_location": "yes", "elevation": 554, "created": "2016-03-16T13:40:26.280Z", "alternative_name": [], "public": true, "latitude": "37.814195", "longitude": "40.984472", "topography": 2, "geographical_coordinate_reference_system": 5, "modified": "2016-03-16T13:40:26.280Z", "name": "K\u00f6rtik Tepe", "authorityfile_id": "439767", "alias_name": [], "province": 25, "coordinate_source": 1, "number_of_activity_periods": 2, "reference": ["2CA9TGHG", "54IIC2RA", "59CAW3V3", "7VZHXFC7", "8PEWRJ42", "8R938ACT", "BJAVPRJH", "H58MSEBV", "M8BWWJKG", "NDQAQG5P", "NK4R4IM2", "NR67U97D", "RQKEWAM7", "S6U4UW26", "SHW444GJ", "ST5BSTT3", "UXIV623S", "VX9J4F86", "WHRZBS2N", "ZFNDUWCE", "ZPDFK4W6"]}, "model": "defcdb.site", "pk": 50}]