Altıntepe (Urartu) Skeleton Remains

Authors : Refakat Çiner

Pages : 235-244

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Publication Date : 1965-04-20

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Altıntepe which is 20 kilometers east of Erzincan, was excavated in September 1959, by a group composed of Prof. Dr. Tahsin Özgüç, Prof. Dr. Nimet Özgüç, asistant Kutlu Emre, architect Mahmut Akok, photographer Selahattin Öztartan. In this excavation carried out under auspices of General Directorate of Museum, and Turkish Historical Society. According to the report of the excavation which was giyen by the excavators, they have discovered third tomb, 1.50 meters below the surface of ground into the east slope of the Altıntepe, Lio meters above the plane. The third tomb consists from three rooms. In the second room, there were standing two coffins. In these coffins they have found human skeletons. The human skeletons from Altıntepe, were brought to us for study, belonging to the end of 8000 and beginning the 7000 B.C. The material in our possession includes, (see. fig. 1-4.) fragments of one calva and one calvaria, fragments of two lower jaws, one right humerus, fragments of one rigt two left femurs, and fragments of one rigt one left tibias. These all parts of skeletons belong two individuals. These skeletons have been numbered as 1 and 2.
Keywords : Erzincan, Altıntepe Skeletons, Urartian Settlement, Anthropology, Tomb Finding