| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Site Number | 55 |
| Name | KM 55 |
| Site Name | Danişmantepe |
| Description | Danişmend |
| Survey Date | 1993-10-09 |
| Survey Year | 1993 |
| Collectors (Initials) | All |
| Previous Work | Vander Osten 1930, 82 map 6. |
| Grid Location EW | 435.0 |
| Grid Location NS | 136.0 |
| Length | 1045.0 |
| Width | 1030.0 |
| Site Size (1) | 107.635 |
| Local Landmarks | At edge of Kılılı village, from top Aksu valley visible north to KM south to Türkgolu and beyond, south to Karakhöyük, Gecit |
| Setting | Strategic position controlling narrowest part of valley |
| Site Description | Huge site but extensive occupation on natural hill; depth of deposit and periods of occupation is difficult to estimate. Fortress outlines on top, terraced occupations down slopes but stopping well above the river. South side of mound has material more or less all the way down. Shots at end of both mine and K's roll all from the top of tepe. New Kodachrome to no. 7 =slides from top of site |
| Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) | Good, two days of work, divided into 16 areas as shown on map. |
| Collection Comments | Site needs to be examined by Roman specialist--twenty two bags, no early material noted on first examination, but second produces much EBA |
| Collection Summary | Roof Tiles Ground Stone Flint count Sherd count |
| Neolithic note | (CE has it listed in her 12-02 diss revisions as positive attribution- light colored block) |
| Early Bronze Age plain note | fine |
| Early Bronze Age decorated note | Brittle orange |
| Iron Age note | (Liz thinks she saw IA on the site photos or drawings - I haven't found the referred to materials yet 6-00) Rough dwgs include corrugated ware bowls and holemouth jar (which I now think is later cversion if not brittle ware) 2-2001 lds |
| Hellenistic Late Roman note | Rope impressed |
| Subregion | Central 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 | False |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
Elizabeth Carter
Vocabulary: Domuztepe Excavations |
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Subject
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Suggested Citation
Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 55 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d7f8383e-8e04-466d-9387-1c7fe9f65892>
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