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Site Number 76
Name KM 76
Site Name Maksutuşağı 2
Description Maksutuşağı
Survey Date 1993-10-15
Survey Year 1993
Collectors (Initials) All
Map sheet no. 37SCB
Grid Location EW 313.0
Grid Location NS 398.0
Height 35.0
Length 300.0
Width 250.0
Site Size (1) 7.5
Local Landmarks Big power line to nw. Road to Denisli, 500m w; spring at foot next to hills
Setting Hills overlooking valley
Site Description Terraced hillside site overlooking valley appears to have had central high mound and lower town; houses on terraced slopes below, much like present-day situation. Possible road or natural parallel rock ridges, but could have been straightened and used as a road. Very wide sherd scatter and site is covered with stones. Mezar at 380 S of W . Photo19=road?20-26 site from east, not very well visible.
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Good, many large sherds
Collection Comments Major LRoman site with good terra sigilata
Collection Summary Roof Tiles
Flint count 1
Bags count 5
Hellenistic Late Roman note Terra sigillata or imitation, many rope impressed, Roman C etc. even cuts produce same material
Medieval note pie crust applied band below rim
Subregion Southeastern 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 True
Medieval True
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Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2025) "KM 76 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/e0a46350-7df2-473c-a3f1-0a542f351861>

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