Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Site Number	128
Name	KM 128
Description	Önsen
Site Name	Önsenhöyük
Survey Date	1994-08-23
Survey Year	1994
Collectors (Initials)	All
Map sheet no.	M37-c4
Grid Location EW	95.0
Grid Location NS	555.0
Height	28.0
Length	254.0
Width	216.0
Site Size (1)	5.4864
Local Landmarks	Road to village of Ösen, off Adana Rd. Largest site in area easily visible from most of the section of the valley.
Setting	In Aksu valley surrounded by cotton, tomatoes, other irrigated garden crops; wheat and olives on hills in distance to west, some remnants of oak pistachio woodland
Site Description	Large mound, black soils--were crops on it burned, fortress mound with lower terraces, top dimesions 65 EW x 80 NS Photo 12 from east and top, 15 from north first site of 94 survey 4/6=slide
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site)	Very windy, cover of burnt wheat and grass stubble on parts of site burnt and cultivated. Upper ten, lower ten, top and perimeter collected separately
Collection Comments	Complete study done by Nancy UM, many distinctive Medieval handles, decorated some with thumb knob, scraffiatto plates and bowls, drip painted, pie crust rims, Danişmen storage jar rim
Collection Summary	Sherd count Roof Tiles
Chalcolithic note	1 piece possible Chalco
Early Bronze Age plain note	trace
Middle Bronze Age note	Trefoil pitcher// 5 pieces ridged ware (grey veg/grit red slipped; 2 orange brown; 1 brown with interior brushing); 2 pcs of MB ridged ware with interior overlap, some drawn in past seasons//late MB examples also present (6-00 #227) Reset the MB attribution for the site (looks like there is some EB-MB ridged ware and then some late MB-LB material but not massive indications. (LSD 6-03)
Late Bronze Age note	2 poss LB-IA (need to recheck) barrel jars with thickened rim; 4 flat plates (poss LB); 1 pc with painted band above ridge; 5 LB jars minimum - 4-6 LB platters (Note to self -- need to recheck these forms for correct period)
Iron Age note	carinated bowls//possible miscellaneous IA or LB carinated bowls (228?this one now seems not IA to me (02-01) & 227 & 3 others ) This attribution might better be characterised as a trace, I don't see really strong indications for IA here. (LSD 6-03)
Hellenistic Late Roman note	Hellenistic Fine ware
Medieval note	applied, decorated handles, scraffiato, pie-crust
Subregion	Nothern Valley
Neolithic	False
Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk	False
Chalcolithic	True
Early Bronze	False
Early Bronze, Middle Bronze	True
Middle Bronze	True
Late Bronze	True
Iron Age	True
Hellenistic, Roman	True
Medieval	True