Citation
Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 207, 211, 226, 227 - Book catalogue no.: Olive Oil cat. 2. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92603>
Description
Local Name: Çatak Tepesi
Local Informant: Ali Çetintaş
Latitude: 37.45.31.856
Longitude: 28.45.51.305
Elevation: 856.030m
Dimensions: Counterweight Block (B080a) ** L: 1.26 m; W: 0.70 m; p. H: 0.37 m ** Slot 1: W: 0.15–0.17 m; D: 0.11 m ** Slot 2: W: 0.12–0.15 m; D: 0.13 m ** Channel: W: 0.085 m; D: 0.04 m ** Counterweight Block (B080b) ** p. L: 0.88 m; W: 0.80 m; H: 0.35 m ** Slot: W: 0.20 m; D: 0.13 m ** Counterweight Block (B080c) ** L: 1.57 m; W: 0.88 m; H: 0.40 m ** Slot 1: W: 0.22–0.23 m; D: 0.13 m ** Slot 2: W: 0.22 m; D: 0.19 m ** Counterweight Block (B080d) ** L: 1.22 m; W: 0.44 m; p. H: 0.27 m ** Slot 1: W: 0.16 m; D: 0.17 m ** Slot 2: D: 0.24 m ** Counterweight Block (B080e) ** L: 1.53 m; W: 0.78 m; H: 0.29 m ** Slot 1: W: 0.14–0.17 m; D: 0.24 m ** Slot 2: W: 0.14–0.16 m; D: 0.24 m ** Possible Grinding Stone (B080f) ** Diam: 0.47 m; D: 0.39 m
Description: Counterweight Block (B080a) ** Material: Schist ** Findspot: Tip of promontory ** Preservation: Largely intact; evidence of channel ** Counterweight Block (B080b) ** Material: Schist ** Findspot: Midway up promontory ** Preservation: Broken in half, only one slot preserved ** Counterweight Block (B080c) ** Material: Schist ** Findspot: Midway up promontory ** Preservation: Largely intact; largest counterweight block at the ** site; slight erosion on top surface ** Counterweight Block (B080d) ** Material: Schist ** Findspot: Midway up promontory ** Preservation: Largely intact; partially buried, obscuring width of one slot ** Counterweight Block (B080e) ** Material: Schist ** Findspot: East slope of promontory ** Preservation: Largely intact ** Possible Grinding Stone (B080f) ** Material: Schist ** Findspot: Midway up promontory ** Five counterweight blocks found at different points within the Settlement B079; All are made of schist; Three are complete, one is buried obscuring one of the slots, and one is a half block. Also evidence of a depression in one of the bedrock outcroppings: somehow involved in agricultural production as crushing basin? ** Evidence of olive trees and modern terracing on promontory