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Site Number 190
Name KM 190
GPS True
Description Zirayet
Site Name Zirayet
Survey Date 1994-09-09
Survey Year 1994
Collectors (Initials) EC,NU,KC,NK,MK
Map sheet no. M38-d4
Grid Location EW 279.0
Grid Location NS 602.0
Height 20.0
Length 85.0
Width 65.0
Site Size (1) 0.5525
Local Landmarks Village of Yusufhacılı 1.5km to NE; just north of Hilak Tepe, 1km NE of Erkenez
Site Description Smaller mound to the north with some type of shrine, mound is high and steep on eastern slope and southern slope and blends gradually into hills to the north. Western slope is steep with stone boundary wall at base, site is plowed on top and covered by straw. Thin occupation on top only weathered sherds from surrounding hills; site is at confluence of Erkenez and stream, rocky areas (bed rock) on E. and W. slopes. Photos 1 to Yusufhacılı, 2,3, from top with Kerry, 4 of site from se.
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Steep slopes did not yield much, concentration is on top but most of tope is covered by straw, visibility not good, material appears late
Collection Summary Sherd count Flint count
Hellenistic Late Roman note Rope impressed, Hellenistic bowls
Medieval note pie crust rib might be Byzantine
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 True
Medieval True
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 190 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/478ba750-6590-42ea-8d9d-afb0adb0dc36>

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