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Site Number 81
Name KM 81
Description Ördekdede
Site Name Ördekdede
Survey Date 1993-10-16
Survey Year 1993
Collectors (Initials) All
Map sheet no. 37SCB(N38-a4)
Grid Location EW 315.0
Grid Location NS 302.0
Local Landmarks In village, site size impossible to estimate, streets pebble paved and not much material except in dirt piles
Setting agricultural in plain
Site Description Possibly Roman town with modern occupation on top 2 sandstone pillar bases and basalt mill funnel seen. 6/23/97 - EC thinks this site may have had an eroded lion in basalt on it. No lion seen in walk through village; column bases (Islamic?) in village. Site has peripheral areas to west in fields.
Collection Comments Sherds are few and difficult to date, possibly generic late
Collection Summary Ground Stone Sherd count Flint count
Hellenistic Late Roman note Hellenistic Fine ware, don't see on second inspection ec, 1 sherd sig.
Medieval note Byzantine handle, Islamic, 2 fine ware wasters
Subregion Southeastern Valley
Neolithic False
Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk False
Chalcolithic False
Early Bronze False
Early Bronze, Middle Bronze False
Middle Bronze False
Late Bronze False
Iron Age False
Hellenistic, Roman False
Medieval True
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 81 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/19a689e7-fd77-407d-80a5-93817b0faa29>

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