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Site Number 93
Name KM 93
Description quary, cave tombs, wine press
Site Name Unnamed Site
Survey Date 1993-10-20
Survey Year 1993
Collectors (Initials) EC,KC,BP,MD
Map sheet no. 37SCB(N38-a4)
Grid Location EW 288.0
Grid Location NS 259.0
Local Landmarks In rocky hills southwest of village of Taşbiçme
Setting rocky slopes
Site Description Possibly quarry and cisterns, informants say mezar; photos 17=quary, 18 of cistern with footholds, 19 stone cut canal, 20 of second tomb entrance, tombs=three niched cave tombs about 5m=depth, 8m=length, entrance to sw.; on way down hill some sort of grape press or mystery installations=square shallow room cut into stone attached to a circular structure, two post holes either side suggesting some sort of canopy. Worthy of some more research and mapping, clearly goes with town at the foot of hills
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Good but only 2 sherds
Medieval note heavy white tempered red ware nothing distinctive
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 False
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km-93.pdf
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 93 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/58288986-aaa1-4bc6-916b-c0b1dab569bc>

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