EXCAVATIONS AT KEF KALESİ OF ADİLCEVAZ, 1964

Authors : Emin BİLGİÇ
Pages : 93-124
Doi:10.1501/andl_0000000083
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Publication Date : 1964-01-01
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :The county {== ilçe); of Adilcevaz of the Province insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(= il); of Bitlis is situated on the North West coast of Lake Van .Tlıe fortified city, originally a Urartian Fortress and called Kef Kalesi insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(= fortress); is established on a volcanic hili top insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pl. 1); approximalely 6 Km North of Adilcevaz^. On three sides, the East, the South and the Wcst, ` Members of our Expedition consisting of the authors of this article and of .A. Erzen, Y. Boysal who have been doing researeh work in Van region since 1959, have also visited, on several occasions, Urartian fortresses in the vicinity of .-Vdilcevaz during their work and have transferred to Van Museum the Urartian reliefs of •Adilcevaz prcviously published by C. A. Burney and G. R. S. Lawson in .A,S 8 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(■95Ö);); PP- 211-216, Pl. 33. Our Expedition had decided to excavate at Kef Kalesi 10^1962, but aetual opcration.s could not start until 1964.
Keywords : KEF KALESİ, EXCAVATIONS, ADİLCEVAZ

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