Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Site Number | 63 |
Name | KM 63 |
Description | Gecit H. |
Site Name | Gecithöyük |
Survey Date | 1993-10-12 |
Survey Year | 1993 |
Collectors (Initials) | All |
Map sheet no. | 37SCB |
Grid Location EW | 228.0 |
Grid Location NS | 402.0 |
Height | 28.0 |
Length | 284.0 |
Width | 140.0 |
Site Size (1) | 3.976 |
Local Landmarks | Near Ekberoğlu Village, burials on top, road on west, on Aksu, commanding view of flood plain |
Setting | Lush agricultural area, river flood plain |
Site Description | Steep sided mound with flat top sloping up to the east, road cut into mound on e. , photos to 27 from top, back to Mezarlik2 , graves on top, rich EBA material eroding out river side=west, probably burials, part of lower town probably covered by fields |
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) | good west side, lower slopes separate, good place to get a sequence. Top mound and top 10 has Hellenistic, L Roman with a trace of Medieval. |
Collection Comments | Slopes have an excellent EBA assemblage and top has more late material, there are hints at MBA and LBA assemblages, some carinated bowls look MBA as do fibs. but no clear painted LBA material. |
Collection Summary | Sherd count Flint count |
Flint count | 4 |
Ubaid note | Ubaid related (asked Cigdem by email for clarification on this site 4-29-03)//(CE has it listed in her 12-02 diss revisions as positive attribution) |
Early Bronze Age plain note | fine |
Early Bronze Age decorated note | Cooking pot, brittle orange |
Middle Bronze Age note | under-cut jar rim// poss (LDS 9-98) |
Late Bronze Age note | ?//definitely (LDS 9-98) |
Iron Age note | ?// yes (LDS 9-98) |
Hellenistic Late Roman note | Terra sigillata or imitation, rope impress, Hel. fine ware |
Medieval note | applied handle |
Subregion | Central Valley |
Neolithic | False |
Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk | True |
Chalcolithic | False |
Early Bronze | True |
Early Bronze, Middle Bronze | False |
Middle Bronze | True |
Late Bronze | True |
Iron Age | True |
Hellenistic, Roman | True |
Medieval | True |
Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
Elizabeth Carter
Vocabulary: Domuztepe Excavations |
Subject
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Suggested Citation
Elizabeth Carter. (2024) "KM 63 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2b8d3586-ceaf-4980-92c9-35865c39f78c>
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