Thereafter, when the exhibition
of the works found in the surface
researches and excavations carried
out in the frame of Keban and
Karakaya Dam projects has come
to the agenda, the building has
become insufficient. An area of
12.700 m2 has been assigned for
the museum building in Elazığ
State Architecture and Engineering
Academy Campus (today's Fırat
University Campus) and after the
construction of the museum warehouse
and administrative buildings,
the museum has been opened to
visit on July 28th 1982.
Archeology and Ethnography Museum
consists of two halls, namely
as "Archeological Works and
Coin Hall, Carpet, Kilim and Ethnography
Hall" and the warehouse part
where various works are kept.
In Archeological Works and Coins
Hall, several and various works
belonging to Paleolithic, Neolithic,
Calcolithic, Bronze (Protto Hurri
- Hittite), Iron, Hellenistic,
Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman
periods, found during Tülin Tepe,
Tepecik Ruin Place, Değirmen Hill,
Haraba Tumulus, Norsun Hill, Asyan,
Sakyol (Pulur), Ağın Kalaycık
Tumulus, Ağın Kalecik Tumulus,
Pağnik Ruin Place, Han İbrahim
Şah, Şemsiye Hill Yeniköy excavations
and the surface researches carried
out at Karataş Kayaaltı Shelter,
Küllünün İni, Aktaş and Yıkılgan,
which were carried out due to
Keban and Karakaya Dam Projects. |
