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<h2 class="tl1-title">Dig Site <em>K-7</em><br>Anatolian Plateau</h2>
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<strong>EXCAVATION LOG · SEASON 04</strong>
42°14′N 33°08′E · Lead: Dr. M. Eren<br>
Surface elevation 1,142m · Total depth 6.4m<br>
Catalogued artifacts: 218 · Hover any layer to inspect.
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<div class="tl1-tick">0.0m</div>
<div class="tl1-tick">1.0m</div>
<div class="tl1-tick">2.5m</div>
<div class="tl1-tick">3.8m</div>
<div class="tl1-tick">5.0m</div>
<div class="tl1-tick">6.4m</div>
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<div class="tl1-era">Topsoil & Ottoman</div>
<div class="tl1-years">CE 1453 – present · 0.0–1.0m</div>
<div class="tl1-find">Plowed agricultural soil mixed with glazed Iznik shards, a worn copper para from the reign of Selim II, and clay pipe fragments. Heavy modern disturbance; treat all surface finds as out of context.</div>
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<div class="tl1-era">Byzantine Habitation</div>
<div class="tl1-years">CE 330 – 1200 · 1.0–2.5m</div>
<div class="tl1-find">Compacted clay floors of a small basilica, three intact storage amphorae, a hoard of 47 bronze folles, and bone styluses. Evidence of fire damage in the eastern quadrant suggests abandonment by the late 12th century.</div>
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<div class="tl1-era">Roman Provincial</div>
<div class="tl1-years">63 BCE – CE 330 · 2.5–3.8m</div>
<div class="tl1-find">Hypocaust tile system, fragment of a tessellated mosaic depicting a stag, two terra sigillata bowls stamped with the maker's mark CAESIVS. Coin of Hadrian recovered at 3.2m.</div>
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<div class="tl1-era">Hellenistic</div>
<div class="tl1-years">323 – 63 BCE · 3.8–4.6m</div>
<div class="tl1-find">Lower courses of an ashlar wall (probable agora boundary). Fine black-glaze pottery from Pergamon, three iron arrowheads, and a sealed cache of 12 silver tetradrachms of Eumenes II.</div>
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<div class="tl1-era">Late Bronze</div>
<div class="tl1-years">1600 – 1200 BCE · 4.6–5.6m</div>
<div class="tl1-find">Hittite-period storage pithoi in situ, cuneiform tablet fragment (administrative, grain inventory), bronze fibula. Burn layer at 5.4m correlates with the regional collapse horizon documented at Boğazköy.</div>
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<div class="tl1-era">Neolithic</div>
<div class="tl1-years">7000 – 5000 BCE · 5.6–6.4m</div>
<div class="tl1-find">Mudbrick platform, obsidian blades sourced to Göllü Dağ, animal bone assemblage (caprines dominant), and the partial remains of a clay figurine — seated female, headless. Sterile soil at 6.4m.</div>
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<h4 class="tl1-art-title">Featured Finds · Season 04</h4>
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<div class="tl1-card-name">Tetradrachm of Eumenes II</div>
<div class="tl1-card-id">CAT. K7-H-0042 · Layer 4</div>
<div class="tl1-card-desc">Silver, 17.1g. Obverse: diademed head of Philetairos. Reverse: seated Athena with shield. Mint of Pergamon, c. 180 BCE.</div>
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<div class="tl1-card-id">CAT. K7-B-0117 · Layer 5</div>
<div class="tl1-card-desc">Unfired clay, fragmentary. Ten lines of Hittite syllabic script recording wheat (ZÍZ) quantities. Awaiting full transliteration by Eren & Tunç.</div>
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<div class="tl1-card-id">CAT. K7-R-0008 · Layer 3</div>
<div class="tl1-card-desc">Tesserae in limestone and smalti, 38×42cm. Likely from the threshold of a peristyle court. Provincial workshop, late 2nd c. CE.</div>
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<div class="tl1-card-id">CAT. K7-N-0156 · Layer 6</div>
<div class="tl1-card-desc">Six pressure-flaked prismatic blades. XRF analysis confirms Göllü Dağ source, ~270km southeast. Trade evidence for early Neolithic exchange networks.</div>
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