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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Site Number 195
Name KM 195
GPS True
Description Peynirdere
Site Name Unnamed Site
Survey Date 1994-09-09
Survey Year 1994
Collectors (Initials) EC,KC,NU,MK,NK
Map sheet no. M38-d4
Grid Location EW 302.0
Grid Location NS 628.0
Local Landmarks Part of wall located on high natural hill
Setting Whole area is rocky and covered by scrub, Peynirdere is to se, but location on map difficult because there are no good landmarks--take road from Peynirdere, wind around and then stop after open area, then climb up there is large red villa to north
Site Description Site is on top of hill in mountainous area, single fortified site, a 15m section of wall which may have been vaulted remains about 20m from peak of hill. Wall is of mid-sized stones with mortar, reputed to have been a crusader castle.
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Few sherds collected--slopes are very steep and covered with prickers
Collection Summary Sherd count
Subregion Nothern 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 False
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 195 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/318008c0-b9b9-49a0-88f0-9554ef1df381>

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