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Ceramic and lithic surface remains at both sites date to the second millenniumBCE, and future analyses will clarify fi ner chronological details. The analyses ofthe material remains and architecture at these sites, along with continued surveyin the region, will add signifi cantly to our knowledge of this largely unknown periodin central western Anatolia. Preliminary data from the 2007 season confi rm thatthis area was well-populated with fortifi ed sites in the second millennium, withKaymakçı perhaps serving as the regional capital of central Lydia (see Rooseveltand Luke 2007).Of the other miscellaneous points of interest, most notable are two ancientmarble quarries located north of Hacıveliler in the foothills of the Lale Dağları(POI06.12 and POI06.16)—both unidentifi ed in previous surveys and stonesourcing studies (compare Çolak and Lazzarini 2002; Tykot and Ramage 2002)—and cemetery areas north and northwest of the village of Hacıveliler, including theareas of Naltepe (POI06.06) and Karakayalar (POI06.10–11)—with evidence ofcist and sarcophagus burials as well as both rock-cut and masonry-built chambertombs. In addition, a Roman-period Greek inscription found in Halil Erkan’s çeşmein Hacıveliler (POI06.03) is of interest. It appears to be unpublished, and all datarelating to it collected by this project has been submitted to Prof. Dr. Hasan Malayfor study.312III. RECORDING AND ANALYSIS OF SURVEY FINDSAll fi nds collected during the survey (ceramic, lithic, stone, and other small fi nds)were processed for the purpose of establishing the date and function of particularsurvey units and points of interest. Based on macroscopic analyses, Early BronzeAge (EBA), Middle to Late Bronze Age (M–LBA), and Iron Age (IA) ceramics areclearly distinguishable; yet, detailed chronologies will be secure only with datafrom excavations (even basic test trenches) that can provide stratifi ed datasets.Regional comparanda are available from the work of the Sardis Expedition in the1960s and later at Ahlatlı Tepecik and Eski Balıkhane (primarily EBA and IA; seeMitten and Yüğrüm 1968, 1971, 1974) and at Kılcanlar Höyük (primarily M–LBA),and of course from Sardis itself, where the deepest levels of sector House ofBronzes reach back to the Late if not the Middle Bronze Age.In addition to the regular documentation of fi nds by photography, drawings,and detailed descriptions stored in a database, a selection of ceramic sherds was