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Site Number 239
Name KM 239
Site Name Vasıfbey
Description Vasıfbey
Survey Date 1995-09-12
Survey Year 1995
Collectors (Initials) JS,ÇE,MK
Height 4.0
Length 210.0
Width 150.0
Site Size (1) 3.15
Local Landmarks Setting is a broad flat agricultural terrain s/se of Emiroğlu. Site is between a powerline and road to Vasıfbey.
Site Description Site is long oval mound, 3-4 m in height. Area has been freshly plowed and is highly visible, brown soil of the mound contrasts with the light grey soil of surrounding landscape. No specific surface features visible, and since reconaisance was brief, general outlines of mound have been estimated. The occupation, however, appears to have been extensive.
Survey Conditions(include time spent on site) Good; site freshly plowed, large quantities of artifacts visible on surface (entirely ceramics no lithics noted)
Collection Comments drain spot
Collection Summary Sherd count
Hellenistic Late Roman note Sherds generally fall into this group--1 piece rouletted ware.
Medieval note plus clear
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. (2024) "KM 239 from Asia/Turkey/Kahramanmaraş Survey Area". In Kahramanmaraş Survey. Elizabeth Carter (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f5585e16-82db-443c-a265-ef098a3b1c31>

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