Kınık Höyük from the Middle Bronze Age to the Roman period. Preliminary report on the excavation at the lower town 2023-2024

This paper presents new results from the lower town of Kınık Höyük (Area D), based on the 2023–2025 campaigns. Building on stratigraphic work and radiocarbon determinations, we refine the local phasing from the Middle Bronze Age to the Hellenistic–Roman periods and document key episodes of occupation, abandonment, and reorganisation. The core of the contribution is the publication of selected ceramic assemblages (from primary and secondary contexts), together with palaeobotanical samples (short-lived remains) and faunal analyses tied to stratigraphically controlled units. Taken together, these datasets provide a comparative framework for assessing continuity and change in domestic practices, provisioning, and craft activities across phases. We outline the criteria used for phase attribution, highlight diagnostic shapes and fabrics, and synthesise ecofactual evidence pertinent to site formation and use. The integrated approach offers a baseline for future, more detailed studies of production, consumption, and urban dynamics in southern Cappadocia.