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SUMMARY OF THE 2006 CILICIA SURVEY(İSKENDERUN BAY REGION)Gunnar LEHMANN*Ann E. KILLEBREWMarie-Henriette GATESThe third, 2006 season of archaeological survey in the Bay of İskenderuntook place during three weeks from late September to mid-October. As inprevious years, the team’s six archaeologists were participating as members of acooperative research project supported by Bilkent, Pennsylvania State and Ben-Gurion Universities. The 2006 survey staff consisted of Marie-Henriette Gates(project director, Bilkent University), Ann Killebrew (Pennsylvania State University),Gunnar Lehmann (Ben-Gurion University), Baruch Halpern (Pennsylvania StateUniversity), Benni Claasz Coockson (Bilkent University) and Ahmet Çağan(Middle East Technical University). The survey was also graciously assistedby Sn. Gökhan Bozkurtlar, representing the Ministry of Culture and Tourism’sDepartment of Cultural Affairs and Museums, which kindly renewed permission forthe continuation of this survey. The survey members once again wish to expresstheir thanks to the Ministry, and to its excellent representative Sn. Bozkurtlar, fortheir interest and contribution to the season’s successful outcome.The region covered by this season’s permit involved İskenderun and itshinterland, for an area of about 75 square kilometers. The survey methodologycombined intensive exploration within the built-up area of the city of İskenderun,and intensive fi eld walking in transects of 30 m width in selected fi elds and hillswest and south of İskenderun. We also interviewed the local population anddiscovered a number of sites with their help. All sites were photographed, recordedby GIS mapping techniques, and sampled by collecting ceramic and other fi nds.Finds collections were then analyzed, recorded, drawn and photographed at thesurvey’s fi eld quarters, the Kinet Höyük Excavation House (Yeşil-Dörtyol). At theclose of the season, the 2006 survey fi nds were stored in the excavation house’ssealed depots, together with those of previous survey seasons.* Dr. Gunnar LEHMANN, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Beer Sheba/ISRAEL.Professor Ann E. KILLEBREW, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA./USA.Dr. Marie-Henriette GATES, Bilkent University, Ankara/TURKEY.171