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"GEOPHYSICAl SUBSURFACE MAPPING ATZiYARET TEPE AND GEOMORPHOlOGICAlSURVEY IN UPPER TIGRIS RIVER VAllEY(DiYARBAKıRPROVINCE), 2002"Timothy MA TNEY*Kathleen NICOLLAnn DONKINTwo survey projects were completed in 2002 as part of the sixth season of arehaeologicalfieldwork at Ziyaret Tepe in the Diyarbakır province. The overall projectwas undertaken by an international team under the direction of Dr. Timothy Matney(University of Akron) and included the two surveys reported here, as well as complementaryexcavations published elsewhere (Matney et aL. 2003; Matney et aL. forthcoming).These surveys were done between Iate Julyand early September. .Our work thisseason was guided by the Diyarbakır Museum and its director, Necdet ınal, and wasgreatly enhanced by the helpful guidance of our government representative, RecepOkçu of the Bursa Museum. Nurnan Tuna and Jale Velibeyoğlu of TAÇDAM also providedlogistic support for the archaeological projects in the lhsu Dam Salvage Area andwe are indebted to them for this help. The bulkof the funding for these surveys wasprovided by the National Geographic Society. Previous preliminary reports have beenpublished in this journal and in the journal Anatolica (Matney 1998; Matneyand Somers1999; Matneyand Bauer 2000; Matney et aL. 2002, Matney et aL. 2003). Dr. TimothyMatney directed the geophysical surveyand was assisted by Ms. Ann Donkinand Ms. Lauralee Eliott (both University of Akron), who were in charge of collecting fielddataand initial data processing. Thegeomorphological survey, carried out within a10 km. radius of Ziyaret Tepe in the Upper Tigris River valiey, was directed by Dr. KathleenNicoll(Oxford University). Dr. Nicoll was assisted in the field by Mr. Brian Pittman(Cambridge University) and Mr. Andrew Bauer (University of Chicago).Project Overview and ObjectivesZiyaret Tepe is a 32 hectare mounded site located on the south bank of the TigrisRiver 20 km. west of the confluence of the Tigris and Batman Rivers in the DiyarbakırProvince. As discussed in detai! elsewhere, the site of Ziyaret Tepe has a longoccupational sequence dating from the Early Bronze Age through the Late Assyrian period,with additional use of the high mound in the medieval period (Matney et aL. 2003).Timothy MATNEY, Department of Classical Studies, Anlhropology and Archaeology, Universityof Akron, Akron, OH44325-1910 USAKathleenNICOLL,Oxford UniversityUK/ENGLANDAnn DONKIN, University of Akrorı USA97