@article{2017,title={Archeological Artifacts Of 2014 Harput Inner Castle Excavation},abstractNode={The purpose of this article is presenting the part of architetural and portable cultural presences that obtained from archeological excavations in Harput Inner Castle at 2014 to the science world. Under the Elazığ Museum Department's chairmansip and Prof. Dr. Veli Sevin's scientific consultancy, excavations are made in Harput Castle's inner section between the years of 2005 and 2009. The excavation restarted between the 22 August 2014 - 30 December 2014, permission of the Ministy of Culture and Tourism's General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museum, under the Elazığ Museum Department's chairmanship and Assoc. Dr. Ismail Aytaç's scientific consultancy. The archeological excavations were made in three different area in Harput Castle's inner section in 2014: front of the Artuklu Castle, Belek Tower and its around, and vaulty places of Belek Tower's east. Excavations were made in the third district (vaulty places of Belek Tower's east), nearly 300 m2 area. 11 different-size places were detected after the removal of 2-4m filling. According to the findings like mine melting pots, arrow cusps and door parts, it was understood that some places used to be a sell shops and mine works. Piece of glassy bracelet, door hook and Artuqid coins have been found in 20 cm depth at 3-A1 section. A glassy bracelet piece, ring, coin, grind stone, arrow cusp, stove and ornaments have been found in 3-A2 section. In 3-A2 section, between the Tower and north-east walls, 2 metal rings have been found. And also a blacky-wall stove have been found. Ornamental metal pieces and a stove have been found in the 3-A2 section. Metal melting pots in three different sizes,in the section's northeast side. After the digging the ground of domed place in Belek Tower, four different historical periods have been detected. In the northwest side of place; 75 cm width enterance, catapultball and 8 painted and embossed plaster board that thought to have been used for wall ornament have been found. In 3-A2 section, glassy bracelet and blue cylinder glass-bead have been found. Four different periods were detected after the excavations of site floor with dome in Belek Tower. 75 cm-width enterance have been found at site's north-east corner. A catapult stone and eight painted and embossed plaster panel that supposed to used for wall decoration have been found. A glass bracelet and rolled blue bead have been found in the 3-A2 section. After the final of excavation season, top of the 1. Zone of Sarayönü Excavation Site (B1-B2-B3) and 3. Zone of Belek Tower Excavation Site (A1-A2-B1) were closed by metal sheet with wooden stake just for protection, in the decision of Diyarbakır Region Assembly of Protection of Culture Properties, article 19.12.2014/2859. The worned out parts of the walls were fixed after the necessary permissions granted and conservations done. It is important to determine that Harput Inner Castle's historical period is older than Urartu Period. Artifacts belong to Late Iron Period, Urartu, Roma, Byzantine, Artuqid, Ag Qoyunlu and Ottoman Periods, in return.},author={İsmail AYTAÇ},year={2017},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}