Norşuntepe Village Extension — Keban Plain

Why it mattersType locality for Karaz/Pulur ware Transcaucasian EBA expansion into Upper Euphrates; key Keban salvage comparative.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c.5000 BCE (Halaf)

Period

Halaf to Urartian (5000 BCE–600 BCE)

Culture

Halaf → EBA Trans-Caucasian/Karaz → Urartian

Builders

Halaf then EBA Karaz villagers

Purpose

Euphrates-Murat confluence copper village under citadel palace

Abandoned

c.600 BCE (Urartian collapse)

Rediscovered

1968–73 Hauptmann Keban rescue before Keban Dam

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. 1968–1973

   DAI Keban rescue; now island in lake

2. c.2800 BCE

   EBA II village with copper workshops and Karaz ware

• Norşuntepe EBA Village Crucible Row

  workshop

  Arsenical copper crucible and mould line

  38.6507° N · 39.2006° E

• Norşuntepe Karaz Ware Houses

  habitation

  Black-burnished Karaz pithos houses

  38.6494° N · 39.2008° E

• Norşuntepe Urartian Fortress

  fortress

  8th–7th c. Urartian fortress over EBA citadel

  38.6510° N · 39.1995° E