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Site Number 45
GPS True
Name KM 45
Site Name Süllümcük
Description Süllümcük site near Çakmak village
Survey Date 1993-05-10
Survey Year 1993
Collectors (Initials) EC,KC,AE
Map sheet no. 37SCB
Grid Location EW 201.0
Grid Location NS 315.0
Height 11.0
Diameter 85.0
Site Size (2) 0.5674501731
Local Landmarks Nearby to NE is Çamak village site 46 150-150 m. south
Setting In valley with spring and garden at NE foot
Site Description Round mound with huge cut in east side and field wall down the center, sherd scatter into fields beyond, on same page in notebook as 46 since they are adjacent and its not clear whether 46 is real a site; photos 19 back to KM45, 20 out to rock formation
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Good, collected in areas but not much difference between east and west areas observed
Collection Comments The material on this site matches Sivrimine KM21 and burials KM31, interesting incised pieces and quite a few simple painted sherds but date uncertain--some are L. Roman splash painted but others with simple bands could be LBA or Iron, rolled and beaded rim bowls, lots of very fine pottery, some cooking pot and very heavy pieces as well
Collection Summary Sherd count Spindles
Flint count 2
Halaf note 1 possible Halaf (SC 9-98)//(CE has it listed in her 12-02 diss revisions as positive attribution)
Ubaid note 1 bichrome ubaid (post Halaf) SC 9-98)
Early Bronze Age plain note poss burnished fruitstand bowl rim types
Middle Bronze Age note Painted 2nd mill (LDS 9-98) and jars. (No EB-MB transitional combed noted at this site.)
Late Bronze Age note painted 2nd mill (LDS 9-98) and jars
Iron Age note possible painted and bowl/platter
Hellenistic Late Roman note Hellenistic Fine ware (given the presence of the EB now attested (6-00) perhaps this is actually EB?
Subregion Central Valley
Neolithic False
Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk True
Chalcolithic False
Early Bronze True
Early Bronze, Middle Bronze False
Middle Bronze True
Late Bronze True
Iron Age True
Hellenistic, Roman False
Medieval False
km-45-46.pdf
km-45-to-km-46-2.jpg
km-45-to-km-46-1.jpg
km-45-gen-view.jpg
Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 45 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/c99bc842-07ad-4fe6-8d0b-49ede1e54a18>

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