Excavations undertaken by W. R. Paton at Asarlık in 1886 yielded a burial platform which contained a pithos urn. It is typical Lelegian for of burial consisting of burial platform and cremated remains.
Sources:
- George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p.124
- Bekir Özer, Ozlem Şimşek Özer, Asarlık Paton Tomb O: Some Observations on Funerary Practices of Lelegian Peninsula in 12th century bc and the Arrival of Newcomers, Colloquium Anatolicum 2017 / 16