A018: Küçük Yaykın Tepesi Settlement (also "Ataköy 2")

Abstract

Local Name: AtaköyLocal Informant: Halil Yuruk, muhtar of AtaköyLocal Information: Muhtar of Ataköy also mentioned a nearby black-marble quarry. ** He also informed us about two other olive presses. One is in his own garden, a second Damdere, and the other at Haci's field.Latitude: 37.45.03.96Longitude: 28.41.30.48Elevation: 629mDescription: Small settlement on a mound with visible traces of rough walls in teh surface. Clearest traces of walls are visible in scarp where the hillside has been recently terraced for a new olive grove. Numerous pottery and tile fragments and two large marble agricultural blocks (socket block (C039) [D2005.0096] and counterweight block (?) [D2005.0110-11]). Site is located atop a natural limestone outcrop, partially leveled off for building. Evidence of quarrying on south side of outcrop. On top, robber's pit with petit appareil blocks and fragments of large pithos.Finds: Many small black flies. Pottery dates occupation to 1st c BC/AD through 4th/5th c AD. Some possible Middle Byzantine pottery as well. ** Systematic pottery collection conducted 14 June 2006http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/1/D2005.0096.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/2/D2005.0097.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/3/D2005.0098.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/4/D2005.0099.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/5/D2005.0100.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/6/D2005.0101.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/7/D2005.0102.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/8/D2005.0103.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/9/D2005.0104.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/10/D2005.0105.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/11/D2005.0106.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/12/D2005.0107.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/13/D2005.0108.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/14/D2005.0109.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/15/D2005.0110.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/16/D2005.0111.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/17/D2005.0112.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/18/D2005.0113.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/19/D2005.0114.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/20/D2005.0115.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/21/D2005.0116.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/22/D2005.0117.JPGhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92577/23/D2005.0118.JP