Misis | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Misis

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Misis

Country/region:

Turkey/Eastern Mediter...

Alternate names & spellings:

Hadriana, Mopsuestia, ...

Coordinates (N,E):

36.957778 , 35.623889

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Iron Age II

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Site Description

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Related Images

Misis Höyük from the west, with the Ceyhan river on the right, and the mountain range of Misis Dağ in the background (courtesy Anna Lucia D'Agata)

Vessels 4

Misis MH1617585

Cooking pot

Misis

8th century BCE

Iron Age II

There is no image.

Misis MH15163212

Cooking pot

Misis

8th centuty BCE

Iron Age II

Misis MH17179610

Cooking ware jug

Misis

c. 8th c. BCE

Iron Age II

Misis MH16.I1.SF2

Jar

Misis

8th c. BCE

Iron Age II

Break Photos 1

Misis MH16.I1.SF2

Jar

Misis

8th c. BCE

Iron Age II

Petrographic Samples 4

Misis MH9
Misis MH17179610
Misis

c. 8th c. BCE

Iron Age II

Magnification:
200

Polarized Light?
XPL

Misis MH8
Misis MH15163212
Misis

8th centuty BCE

Iron Age II

Magnification:
2x

Polarized Light?
PPL

MH16.I1.SF2 TS
Misis MH16.I1.SF2
Misis

8th c. BCE

Iron Age II

Magnification:
200

Polarized Light?
XPL

Misis MH9
Misis MH17179610
Misis

c. 8th c. BCE

Iron Age II

Magnification:
200

Polarized Light?
XPL

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
Database Links

OpenStreetMaps (https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Misis#map=19/36.95781/35.62376)

Pleiades (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658538)

Associated Wares/Ware Families

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Cypriot Iron Age Plain White wares

c. 1050-c. 300 BCE

Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, Cypro-Classical

Cilician Kitchen Ware, Misis

8th c. BCE

Iron Age II

Associated Petro-fabrics

Cyprus/Eastern Mesaoria/Alluvial sediments

Turkey/Cilicia/Misis/micritic limestone and chert

Turkey/Cilicia/Misis/ micritic limestone and quartzite

Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

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