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Site Number 8
GPS True
Name KM 8
Site Name Ömerağahöyük
Description Ömerağahöyük
Survey Date 1993-09-27
Survey Year 1993
Collectors (Initials) All
Map sheet no. 37SCB
Grid Location EW 174.0
Grid Location NS 362.0
Height 9.0
Local Landmarks Karakıirnak canal, 1500M. N. to rail line Çoban Tepe house road divides,
Setting In rolling hills
Site Description Stony mound surrounded by plowed fields,some natural rock included in height of site, burial ground robbed out stone boxes on northeast.
Collection Comments Best example of Neolithic site, poorly mixed heavy grit (large air spaces in neck) and chaff temper, spottily preserved for the most part. Open necked jars and bowls. Best example of an Early Neolithic site. Amuq A like assemblage but a bit more sophisticated one painted red bowls interior, rims added on to vessel and pinched leaving a small ridge. Some finely red burnished ware, one with light red paint interior.
Collection Summary Sherd count Flint count Bracelets Ground Stone
Flint count 18
Handles count 6
Neolithic note Coarse Simple most with burnished red-brown slip, some dark face burnished, one incised// red wash, piece of punctate incised//(CE has it listed in her 12-02 diss revisions as positive attribution)
Early Bronze Age plain note fine ware
Medieval note Rope impressed// yes, Islamic (SC 9-98) //Don Whitcomb found a couple sherds of Islamic period in 2001.
Subregion Central Valley
Neolithic True
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 False
Medieval True
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2024) "KM 8 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d32d7295-b7f5-4f7c-982c-53a2df00ae37>

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