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Site Number 108
Name KM 108
Description Hanobası
Site Name Hanobası
Collectors (Initials) BP,MD,KC
Previous Work Vander Osten 1930, 82; Kokten , TAD X-1, 1 1960
Grid Location EW 34.0
Grid Location NS 31.0
Height 15.0
Length 300.0
Width 150.0
Site Size (1) 4.5
Local Landmarks Mountains directly to east, road to Antep, canal passing 200m to east and 200m to west
Setting Surrounded by fields.
Site Description Very tall mound with steep sides, modern village at bottom, standing remains of late date (Islamic?) arched corridor on north lower end. Lots of late sherds. Photos Roll #11 22-24. Gentleman has a charming antiquities garden with his finds displayed in folk art fashion.
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Good collection conditions. Several small cuts. Höyük has only a few houses all on south side
Collection Comments Cut terra sigilata and imitation, late incised dec. handle, site appears to have deeply buried EBA occupation one piece obsidian
Collection Summary Roof Tiles Flint count
Flint count 3
Early Bronze Age plain note fine
Early Bronze Age decorated note Cooking pot, brittle orange
Late Bronze Age note probably red burnished=hittite. //Flat plates poss LB-IA (LS 9-98), fragment trefoil rim
Iron Age note burnished carinated bowls=possible//Flat plates and indented rim bowl IA (LS 9-98). several vessels look Achaemenid to me
Hellenistic Late Roman note Terra sigillata or imitation, black glAzed, rope impressed//(Sc 9-98) 4th-5th c Roman and post Roman
Medieval note glazed, fine incised, pie crust rims, decorated handles, late spindle, sherds with circular impressions
Subregion Southeastern Valley
Neolithic False
Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk False
Chalcolithic False
Early Bronze True
Early Bronze, Middle Bronze False
Middle Bronze True
Late Bronze True
Iron Age True
Hellenistic, Roman True
Medieval True
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 108 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/5aba1b2c-59b1-4b71-bb22-5c0ff54b0712>

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