Türbe Höyük II. Late Bronze Age Pottery

Archaeological researches in the Botan Valley is a part of Ilısu Dam Project Rescue Excavations, aiming to reveal the cultural inventory of the vast zone between the Upper Tigris and Cizre Plain. Thanks to excavations such as Türbe Höyük, Başur Höyük, Çattepe and Gusir Höyük, a serious set of data exhibi- ting the cultural processes in the region, beginning with the Neolithic period, has been unearthed. Türbe Höyük, one of the mounds mentioned above, is the key settlement for the Late Bronze Age I period in the region, due to the Mitannian cultural elements examined in relation with a fortified settlement. This paper focuses on the Late Bronze Age pottery from Türbe Höyük II, and tries to analyse the interregional cultural interactions within the chronological frameArchaeological researches in the Botan Valley is a part of Ilısu Dam Project Rescue Excavations, aiming to reveal the cultural inventory of the vast zone between the Upper Tigris and Cizre Plain. Thanks to excavations such as Türbe Höyük, Başur Höyük, Çattepe and Gusir Höyük, a serious set of data exhibiting the cultural processes in the region, beginning with the Neolithic period, has been unearthed. Türbe Höyük, one of the mounds mentioned above, is the key settlement for the Late Bronze Age I period in the region, due to the Mitannian cultural elements examined in relation with a fortified settlement. This paper focuses on the Late Bronze Age pottery from Türbe Höyük II, and tries to analyse the interregional cultural interactions within the chronological fram