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Abstract

Pirot Hoyuk is located 33 km east-northeast of Malatya, in the village of Pirot (Kiyicak) along on the south bank of the Euphrates River. The village was once within the province of Kale Bucagi, before the construction of the Karakaya dam. The excavations revealed fifteen main levels (I-XV), which represent settlements extending from the Mid / Late Chalcollthic period to the Byzantine times. A wall painting has been defined on the northern Wall of the feature 3, in the C 10 trench. It belongs to the XIIth level of Pirot Hoyuk which dates to the Late Chalcolithic. Links to this wall painting have not been established, though it can be considered an example to the wall painting tradition of the Elazig-Malatya region. Such as those from Arslantepe, Degirmentepe and Norsuntepe. The reason that the wall painting tradition is known at all from Elazig-Malatya region is that excavations have been limited to the dam salvage project.