|
©The Archaeological Settlements of Turkey - TAY Project
|
|
|
|
|
|
Karahasan |
|
|
For site maps and drawings please click on the picture...  |
For photographs please click on the photo...  |
|
Type:
|
Mound and Cemetery |
|
Altitude:
|
680 m |
|
Region:
|
Southeastern Anatolia |
|
Province:
|
Gaziantep |
|
District:
|
Oguzeli |
|
Village:
|
Tasli |
|
Investigation Method:
|
Excavation |
|
Period:
|
EBA III |
|
|
|
  |
|
| Location: It is 200 m far from the arable fields of the Güveçli Village; some 3 km south of the village itself (Gemrik); 2 km north of the Tasli (Mukbil) Village; some 26 km southeast of the Oguzeli District; southeast of the Gaziantep Province. It was named after the site it is located; and is referred to as Tell Kara Hasan/Hassan in some publications. It can be reached via the motorway running to the south after the exit next to the Ekinveren (Tilsevet) Village on the Oguzeli road. |
| Geography and Environment: It is reported to be a flat mound measuring 10 m in height and ca. 50 m in diameter excluding the feet. It is located in the Tilbesar Plain formed by the Sacur/Secir Suyu. It was announced as a registered site by the Museum of Gaziantep. During the excavations; there was a house on the top hill and a pathway running up to that house. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: When an assemblage was published at the beginning of our century by L. Wooley reporting that those finds came from Tell Karahasan Höyük close to Tilbasar; scientific world paid attention to the finds rather than the site itself. L. Wooley doesn't provide any information about how those finds were recovered. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: Pottery: In the publication; there are three vessels which are identical to the other cemetery finds of EBA in this region. Metal: The assemblage claimed to be recovered here was published by L. Woolley including only three pieces of arrowheads with double strangled handles; some being broken [Woolley 1914:pl.XIX/c]. Other arrowheads are of fire-mixing type. There is a metallic burin. The pin which was helpful in the dating of the assemblage belongs to a group of fibulas with eyelets on their body. Two metallic finds were published in detail. Although analysis was not done for all metals; they should be evaluated as copper-bronze finds. |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: This assemblage; probably; belongs to an EBA cemetery located next to the mound or on its slope. Restricted information doesn't allow us to make any interpretation about the grave or graves we believed to exist. The survey conducted by the Museum of Gaziantep didn't yield any pit proving the disturbance of such a grave on this mound. Neither any information was provided by the local villagers. |
