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Site Number 138
Name KM 138
Site Name Haci Kanan Tarlası
Description Haci Kanan Tarlası
Survey Date 1994-08-26
Survey Year 1994
Collectors (Initials) KC,LB,HT,GM
Map sheet no. M37-c3
Grid Location EW 205.0
Grid Location NS 588.0
Height 0.0
Diameter 30.0
Site Size (2) 0.0706858347
Local Landmarks Factory area to N.; power lines crossing NE to SW
Setting Andırın road 5 km to south and factories to the west, site is now all cotton
Site Description Completely plowed over and planted with cotton, several large blades found, Middle Bronze Age sherds?
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Field completely covered; decent visibility despite irrigation
Collection Comments Major occupation appears to be Bronze Age possibly mid to late, interior ledge rim bowls most common form on site, along with ext. thickened under-cut rims; one LBA plate?, hollow rim? 1 ptd.; some L. Chalco. types similar to KM133. Three beautiful blades one obsidian flake. Sherd with hole through it= spindle ?
Collection Summary Sherd count Flint count
Flint count 4
Obsidian count 1
Uruk note SC 9-98 noted northern uruk sharp rim profile platter (EC says "no" it's EB wthout red - 9-98) SC said "definite north Uruk colony site (hopefully kidding)
Chalcolithic note Chaff-faced simple//(CE has it listed in her 12-02 diss revisions as positive attribution)
Early Bronze Age plain note plain band rim bowls
Early Bronze Age decorated note Brittle orange
Middle Bronze Age note Trefoil pitcher, heavy overhanging under-cut rims, interior ledge rim bowls (few possible examples pulled LDS 9-98)// Several Amuq J combed ridge ware sherds (3-2000lds)
Late Bronze Age note Plain// LSD reduces this to possible trace attribution since the evidence isn't too compelling (6-03)
Subregion Nothern Valley
Neolithic False
Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk False
Chalcolithic True
Early Bronze True
Early Bronze, Middle Bronze True
Middle Bronze True
Late Bronze True
Iron Age False
Hellenistic, Roman False
Medieval False
Suggested Citation

Elizabeth Carter. (2024) "KM 138 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f3ed0438-8414-4170-81f4-1aca3304bb35>

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