İmikuşağı
İmikuşağı · Imikusagi · İmikuşağı Höyüğü
Chalcolithic to Medieval (peak EB III–Urartian)·Ubaid → Kura-Araxes → EBA Keban → Urartian → Medieval·🇹🇷 Elazığ Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
About
About İmikuşağı
Keban Dam salvage tell on the Euphrates (Karasu) near Baskil, excavated 1970s by Veli Sevin. Famed for EB III royal cist tombs (c.2600 BCE) with burnished jars, copper spirals and gold diadems, plus dense Iron–Urartian cemetery sealing the mound. EBA Kura-Araxes and Keban ware fusion anchors Altınova EB sequence.
Why it mattersKey Elazığ Province, Eastern Anatolia sequence for Chalcolithic to Medieval (peak EB III–Urartian); river crossing settlement and later iron cemetery.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of İmikuşağı relative to neighbouring centres?
Theories
- 01Regional centre hypothesis for Elazığ Province
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Chalcolithic c.4500 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic to Medieval (peak EB III–Urartian)
- Culture
- Ubaid → Kura-Araxes → EBA Keban → Urartian → Medieval
- Builders
- Ubaid communities
- Purpose
- River crossing settlement and later Iron cemetery
- Rediscovered
- 20th century survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1960
Foundation/earliest horizon
1980
Major excavations
2020
Conservation/monitoring
On the ground
Structures & features
38.5060° N · 38.6130° E · 780 m · 2 mapped features
EB III royal cist graves
cemeteryCist tombs with gold diadems and Transcaucasian jars
38.5062° N · 38.6133° EIron-Urartian cemetery capping
cemeteryDense stone-cist cemetery sealing EB levels
38.5058° N · 38.6127° E