Sakyol () is a village in the

Çemişgezek District Çemişgezek District is a district of Tunceli Province in Turkey. The town of Çemişgezek is its seat and the district had a population of 7,481 in 2021. Its area is 851 km2. Composition Beside the town of Çemişgezek, the district enc ...

Tunceli Province Tunceli Province (), formerly Dersim Province (; ; ), is a province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Its central city is Tunceli. The province has a Kurdish majority. Moreover, it is the only province in Turkey with an Alevi majority. ...

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. The village is populated by

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of the Şikakî tribe and by

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. It had a population of 54 in 2021. The

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of Yuvacık is attached to the village.

Archaeology

Pulur (Sakyol) is an important prehistoric archaeological site near the village ( :tr:Pulur / Sakyol Höyük) that had been flooded by the

Keban Dam The Keban Dam () is a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates, located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey. The dam is the first and uppermost of several large-scale dams to be built on the Euphrates by Turkey. Although the Keban Dam was not originally ...

. Rescue excavations were conducted here by Hamit Z. Koşay from 1968 to 1971 before the artificial lake was created. Artifacts of the

Kura–Araxes culture The Kura–Araxes culture (also named ''Kur–Araz culture, Mtkvari–Araxes culture, Early Transcaucasian culture, Shengavitian culture'') was an archaeological culture that existed from about 4000 BC until about 2000 BC, which has traditionally ...

were found, as well as some religious-oriented structures. In front of the altars, terracotta cult hearths were located, which were unique to Kura-Araxes culture. Their inner space resembled a ship bow divided into three parts; the upper platforms were red-painted and decorated with geometric figures. Statuette of women and men, as well as of worship animals, such as horses, bulls and rams were found near these hearths. The horseshoe-shaped mobile shrines with ram

protome A protome ( Greek: προτομή) is a type of adornment that takes the form of the head and upper torso of either a human or an animal. History Protomes were often used to decorate ancient Greek architecture, sculpture, and pottery. Protomes ...

sculptures, as well as three-legged pedestals, and phallus-shaped pendant figures were also of religious nature. Pulur Sakyol mound represents one of the most extreme points in the northern spread of the Kura-Aras Culture. In 2021, the waters of the lake receded because of a drought in the area, and the mound was investigated once again. An intra-settlement cemetery was located to the northwest of Pulur Sakyol. Some important elite tombs were found there.Dec 8, 2021 - When the waters receded, the mounds of Pulur Sakyol and Yeniköy, bearing the traces of Kura-Aras Culture, came to light.
- Arkeonews.net

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Archaeology

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