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Site Number 172
GPS True
Name KM 172
Site Name Dikesli
Description Dikesli
Survey Date 1994-09-05
Survey Year 1994
Collectors (Initials) HT,LB,BB,EC
Map sheet no. M37-c4
Grid Location EW 38.0
Grid Location NS 618.0
Height 7.0
Length 110.0
Width 150.0
Site Size (1) 1.65
Local Landmarks Edge of Aksu dam lake, edge of stony rolling hills near village of Kavlaklı
Site Description Flattened site in cotton field with part fallow; original dimensions difficult since spread over field but was a fairly large site originallly, stony surface, some natural flint. Photo 25 to NW at site, 26 to north mountains beyond, 27 to sw at cotton
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Good; north and south of field wall basically as test of visibility between cotton field and fallow
Collection Comments Collection is mostly handles 15 on north 11 on southern, some fine ware may equal earlier occupation but its quite worn and difficult to distinguish EBA from Hellenistic, north side has 20 handles, one nice piece of glass
Collection Summary Sherd count Flint count Roof Tiles Glass/Faience
Flint count 1
Handles count 26
Early Bronze Age plain note 1 possible// (should this really count as an EBA site? -- lds 6-00) (attribution removed per EFC 6-03)
Hellenistic Late Roman note Hellenistic Fine ware
Medieval note fine incised, handles one interior groove type, incised piece similar to 159, one indented upright band rim with light incision, gritty Medieval ware, one deeper incised band on a similar body sherd
Note about Unknown probably late but some very fine wares may be earlier
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
km-172.pdf
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km-172-nw-to-site.jpg
km-172-gen-view.jpg
Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2024) "KM 172 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8bb39a82-a7a8-4d14-b53b-37be077c03d1>

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