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Karasu River Valley survey zone delimited
by the pink,
possible ancient bay delimited by the green
zone, Karasu river
indicated in blue.
The Demirci Valley is highlighted in yellow.
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The 1998-99 seasons investigated the Karasu River Valley, employing a methodology
similar to that of the 1997 Demirci Valley survey (see 1997
Survey). The team incorporated several important innovations in the
Karasu valley field strategy. The team examined over two hundred fields,
called tracts, by walking in parallel lines 10 m apart. Each field-walker
collected 100% of the pottery in his or her transect, a 1 m path across
a tract. After finishing our transects, we counted, weighed and
photographed all of the archaeological evidence we found.
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Field-walkers collect pottery in
Nohutluk, Karasu valley
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Sorting the collected pottery in
Osmaniye, Karasu valley
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Thanks to grants from Tufts University and the Donaldson Foundation,
the Survey purchased a high resolution digital camera that helped
us record more comprehensive information on ceramics and other field observations
while we reduced collection of materials by 90%. The archaeological record
can be left more or less intact by this improved data collection system.
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Pottery from transect # 5 of tract
T98-96, Karasu valley
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Alex G. taking notes on one of the tracts in
the Karasu valley.
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All told, we found over fifty sites spanning over five thousand years in the
Karasu valley. Archaeological field survey was combined with studies
of the Ottoman documentary record of the area and a program of geomorphological
survey and coring to produce a comprehensive picture of the effects
that modern land use has had on the valley and its archaeological record.
Please go to the linked pages of these projects for further information.
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