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Hacınebi Tepe
37.9756° N, 37.0597° E
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Hacınebi Tepe (also Hacinebi Tepe) is an ancient Near East archaeological site 3.5 kilometers north of the modern town of Birecik and near the Euphrates river crossing between Apamea and Zeugma in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. The area marks the northernmost easily navigable route of the Euphrates River. The site was occupied in the 4th millennium BC by a local population, joined by an enclave of the Uruk culture in the middle of that millennium. It was then abandoned aside from occasional use for burials, until the Hellenistic period when it was again fully occupied. The sites final use was as a Roman farmstead.
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Primary 4th millennium BCE occupation
4th millennium BCE
Archaeological excavations
1992–1997
Uruk enclave arrives (radiocarbon dated)
c. 3700–3400 BCE
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