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Karadut Mevkii

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Karadut Mevkii
Type:
Flat Settlement
Altitude:
410 m
Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Adiyaman
District:
Samsat
Village:
Hardiyan
Investigation Method:
Excavation
Period:
Late

     


Location: The site lied southeast of Adiyaman; on the Hardiyan-Halilan Road; near the bank of Euphrates; 2 km away from Gritille; and 10 km from Samsat. It is labeled as No: 82-GR-5 at the Gritille Survey. The location code of the site is T 51 / 33.
Geography and Environment: Located in Karababa basin; near the bank of Euphrates; the mound lies between Hederm Creek and a fresh water spring to the south. It is a plain site covering an area of 2 hectares.
History:
Research and Excavation: The site was discovered during the survey; for documenting the sites that were going to be inundated by the Atatürk Dam; conducted by M. Özdogan in 1977. Later; it was visited by Gritelle excavation team; and Late Chalcolithic Age sherds were collected from the surface. An short-period excavation was conducted by Schwartz as a part of the Gritelle Project in the summer of 1984 [Schwartz 1988:1].
Stratigraphy:
Small Finds: Architecture: There were no architectural remains at the six trenches; where the collected sherds were most intense. Trenches could not be linked stratigraphically; because they were not opened in a row. The only structural elements revealed are the pits and the plain areas of concentration where the pottery was found to be abundant. Pits are observed to be dug inside the virgin soil. Pottery: The pottery of Karadut Mevkii is divided into three main ware groups: Chaff-faced ware; simple plain ware; and hand-made; sand-tempered ware. The chaff-faced ware group makes up the 74% of the total pottery. Surface colors are usually light pinkish buff; brown and light yellow buff is rare. Most of this ware is hand-made; though; some parts are observed to be made in slow-wheel. Besides the wheel-made conical bowls; and moulded bowls with beveled rims; the most common forms are carinated bowls; vessels with flaring rims; jars with high and low necks. Fingernail-impression decorations and bulges are observed on some sherds. The simple plain ware group makes up the 24% of the total pottery. Surface colors are usually light yellow buff; sometimes light pink or brownish buff are also used. They are fine sand tempered; and almost all of them are wheel-made. Forms are open bowls; vessels with inverted rims; jars with high necks; and S-profile bowls. Two sherds are combed; three sherds are incised; another three sherds are reserved slipped; a sherds is painted; and another sherd is observed to be jagged decorated. The hand-made sand-tempered ware resembles the chaff-faced ware in color and technique [Schwartz 1988:4].
Remains:
Interpretation and Dating: The lack of any other finds besides pottery suggests that Karadut Mevkii was a temporary campsite or a settlement with a completely destroyed upper level due to the abundant surface finds [Schwartz 1988:2].


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