Quaternaire, 15, (1-2), 2004, p 195-206
HOLOCENE TERRACES
IN THE MIDDLE EUPHRATES VALLEY,
BETWEEN HALFETI AND KARKEMISH (Gaziantep, Turkey)
Catherine KUZUCUOGLU*, Michel FONTUGNE** and Damase MOURALIS*
ABSTRACT
RÉSUMÉ
TERRASSES HOLOCÈNES DANS LA MOYENNE VALLÉE DE L'EUPHRATE ENTRE HALFETI ET KARKEMISH (Gaziantep, Turquie)
I - Introduction
research programmes, the latest of which in south-eastern
Archaeological surveys organised in the frame of the Turkey being the Zeugma (Abadie-Reynal et al, 2001)
damming of the Euphrates (for example: Algaze et al, and Taçdam projects (Tuna and Velibeyoglu, 2002). In
1994) led to the realisation of salvage excavation and the mean time, several geomorphology researches have
* UMR 8591 CNRS, 1 Place A Bnand, 92195 MEUDON cedex (France) Email kuzucuog@cnrs-bellevue ft ** UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, GIF-SUR-YVETTE (France)
Manuscrit reçu le 20/07/2003, accepté le 15/01/2004