Site	Period	Approx. Site Size	No. of Squares	Size of Squares	Area Collected	No. of Artefacts	Comments / Conclusions
Çayönü, Turkey	Pre-ceramic	250 m max	83	5 x 5 m	2,100m2 - 10%	c. 15,000	Simple random sample
Ayngerm, Turkey	Prehistoric	200 x 125 m	99	5 x 5 m	2,475m2 - 10%	n.a.	Revealed sealed aceramic deposits
Tepe Yahya, Iran	5th Mill. BC-1st AD Mill.	180 m diam	2	variable	13.5m2	268	Also 'off-site' collection; disproportionate 'late' material
Girik-i-Haciyan, Turkey	Halafian	250 m max	109	5 x 5 m	2,725m2 - 10%	c. 15,000	Stratified unaligned systematic sample
Çatalhöyük East, Turkey	Neolithic-Byz.	13.5 ha	298	2 x 2 m	1,192m2 - 1%	23,585	Wall lines revealed; sampled squares' deposits sieved
Çatalhöyük West, Turkey	Chalcolithic	8.5 ha	213	2 x 2 m	852m2 - 1%	20,953	Wall lines revealed; sampled squares' deposits sieved
Kilise Tepe, Turkey	EBA-Byz.	170 x 140 m	219	10 x 10 m	21,900m2 - 90%	c. 48,000	Total collection from much of tepe surface
Uruk, Iraq	Ubaid-Parthian?	480 ha	n.a.?	20 x 20 m (min)	430 ha - 90%	n.a.	Used distribution maps to investigate the layout of the city
Abu Salabikh Main, Iraq	Early Dynastic	16.8 ha	210	10 x 10 m	21,000m2 - 20%	not stated	Much of city plan traced
Abu Salabikh West, Iraq	3rd-4th Mill.	250 x 190 m	106	10 x 10 m	10,600m2 - 20%	not stated	Much of city plan traced

Table B1:1 - Summary of a selection of previous surface surveys and collections in the Near East

Slopes of Tepe	Top of Tepe	Clustered
Percentage Diagnostics	Small Stones - esp. NW & E	Late Roman/Byz. Sherds
Trefoil Rims	Terra Sigillata - esp. S & SW	Stone Artefacts
Red Hittite Wares	Hellenistic Sherds	Architectural Fragments
Total Sherds		Large Stones
Early Bronze Age		
Decorated Sherds		
Feature Sherds		

Table B1.4 - Summary of distribution maps

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