A Survey of Pre-Classical Sites in Eastern Turkey. Fourth Preliminary Report: the Eastern Shore of Lake Van

Abstract

This paper presents the results of survey work carried out in 2005 in the regions of Mus, Bitlis, Agri and Igdir. The most significant conclusion to be drawn from these results is that the settlement of the area immediately to the east of Lake Van was much more intense than previously thought. We have further evidence of Syro-Mesopotamian interaction in the Late Chalcolithic (Amuq E-F), and a growing body of information on Early Bronze Age fortresses yielding Kura-Araxes material. The Middle Bronze Age is not well represented, but during the Early and Middle Iron Ages settlements increase markedly.