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Site Number 31
GPS True
Name KM 31
Site Name Qalehtepe
Survey Date 1993-10-02
Survey Year 1993
Collectors (Initials) All
Map sheet no. 37SCB
Grid Location EW 343103532.0
Height 4.0
Diameter 60.0
Site Size (2) 0.2827433388
Local Landmarks S. to Adana Rd.
Setting Hillside areas riddled with robbed tombs, possibly marks old lake edge; at 500m absl
Site Description Roll5-1=KM 31 from road, site opposite given no. 32. It's on other side of wadi but is similar. Two caves noted not so many sherds occupation may be confined to larger mound call Qaleh
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Good but extensive robbing
Collection Comments The cemetery has stands and the household pottery finger impressed bands and some heavier sherds, relatively homogeneous assemblage for study. Pierced lids, sloppy red painted ware.
Collection Summary Sherd count
Handles count 15
Subregion Southwestern 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 True
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2024) "KM 31 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a36dd746-29d0-4e9b-856e-cef8c275b5ca>

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