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Karacasu Baraji Lokulus Oda Mezari

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Karacasu Barajı Lokulus Oda Mezarı
Type:
 Burial
Altitude:
 m
Region:
 Aegean
Province:
 Aydin
District:
 Karacasu
Village:
Investigation Method:
 Excavation
Period:

     

Location: It is located in Darkaya Mevkii, in Dereköy, in Karacasu District of Aydin Province.
Geography and Environment:
History:
Research and Excavation: Due to the notice, the salvage excavations were conducted by the Aphrodisias Museum.
Stratigraphy:
Small Finds:
Remains: It is reported that the grave was built in the 3rd century AD and it continued to be used in the later periods. 24 graves in total were found. The 4-step entrance of the grave is in the southeast. There is a grave with 6 floors in the northwest. The vault of the woven grave is plastered. The vault continues towards the graves. However, the graves are not vaulted. There are 4 cist graves in every floor but there are 2 cist graves in the sixth floor. There are two niches, probably used for lightening, in the fifth floor. The structure is about 3 m high. The graves are covered with neat stone lids or rubble stones. Some of them have no lids. Except for the bottom row, all the floors are stone. The bottom row was made out of sand. The graves contain more than one burial. Stone slabs were found on the floor of the room. Two graves built with rubble stones were exposed under the slabs. Coins, vessels used for perfume, nails, wood pieces, mirror, spindle whorl, belt buckle, beads, small bells, bracelet, medical tools, lamps, awls, pins, earrings, rings and some objects were recovered from the graves. A large number of wood pieces and knuckle-like bronze plates found at the entrance indicate that the door was made out of wood. It is suggested that the klines were also made out of wood [Yõlmaz 2014:257-68].
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