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Site Number 95
Name KM 95
Site Name Karahöyük
Description Karahöyük
Survey Date 1993-10-20
Survey Year 1993
Collectors (Initials) MD,EC,BP,KC
Map sheet no. 37SCB(N38-a4)
Grid Location EW 252.0
Grid Location NS 264.0
Height 30.0
Length 300.0
Width 200.0
Site Size (1) 6.0
Local Landmarks In village of same name
Setting At edge of hills in rich agricultural land
Site Description Rounded top high mound, partially nibbled away by village, possibly good preservation with some large structure just below surface; Photo 32=pot excavated by villager, 33=cut, various ethnographic, Ottoman coins seen diss appendix entry deleted: POSS REMOVE 95 Karahöyük. Map 37SCB (N38a4) EW 252. NS 264. Length 300. Width 200. Height 30m. Mound with village houses. LB. 5b?; 2b? Field notes inconclusive. Check what others have drawn.
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Good, top 10, bottom 10 includes cuts, general. Village prevents total collection.
Collection Comments Soapstone vessel base, Ottoman coins seen
Collection Summary Ground Stone
Flint count 5
Obsidian count 1
Neolithic note (CE has it listed in her 12-02 diss revisions as positive attribution)
Early Bronze Age decorated note Brittle orange, cooking pot, 2 Danışman rims, 1 jar; 1 beaded, carinated open form
Late Bronze Age note couple MB-IA pcs vaguely suggestive but nothing definite - one piece burnished painted, 1 bowl, 1 jar. Have looked and cannot see any data to support this and so am removing this LBA listing for this site. (2-2002)
Iron Age note Have looked and cannot see any data to support this and so am removing this IA listing for this site. (2-2002)
Hellenistic Late Roman note Hellenistic Fine ware, light open form with brown pt. (Photo) rope impressed
Medieval note incised handles, green glazed, yellow int., green ext., late applied dec. handle
Subregion Southeastern Valley
Neolithic False
Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk False
Chalcolithic False
Early Bronze True
Early Bronze, Middle Bronze False
Middle Bronze False
Late Bronze False
Iron Age False
Hellenistic, Roman True
Medieval True
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 95 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/c6e422f6-44a7-48e8-8d63-fc6053e91b28>

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