Area 1138
Main Information
| Area ID | 1138 |
| Site |
Höyücek Höyük |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Anatolia: Early Neolithic |
| Dating method | material culture radiocarbon dating |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | |
| Earliest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Earliest date: Calibration | None |
| Earliest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | |
| Earliest date: Date of calibration | None |
| Earliest date: Standard deviation | None |
| Earliest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Earliest date: Dated by | |
| Latest date: Lab Number | |
| Latest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Latest date: Calibration | None |
| Latest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | |
| Latest date: Date of calibration | None |
| Latest date: Standard deviation | None |
| Latest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Latest date: Dated by | |
| Period Reference | |
| Comment | The Early Neolithic II settlement is also known as The Shrine Phase and has two Subphases. With the destruction of the Shrine Phase buildings is a short break between the Early Neolithic II settlement and the Late Neolithic settlement. |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type |
one-room |
| Settlement building shape |
rectangular |
| Settlement building technique |
mud brick sacral |
| Settlement archaeological features |
bothros clay platform clay structure niche oven stairway storage pit wall |
| Cave/rockshelters type | None |
| Cave/rockshelters: Evidence of graves/human remains | |
| Cave/rockshelters: Evidence of occupation | |
| Quarry exploitation type | None |
| Quarry raw material | |
| Cemetery/graves topography | |
| Cemetery/graves mortuary features | |
| Grave: number of graves | |
| Grave type | |
| Grave: type of human remains | |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | |
| Grave: age groups | |
| Grave: sexes | |
| Grave: number of female sex | None |
| Grave: number of male sex | None |
| Grave: number of not specified sex | None |
| Grave: disturbance of graves | |
| Description | All buildings of this phase are related to cultic practices. Five buildings have been investigated which were placed on an east-west axis. The buildings were constructed with mudbricks without stone foundations. Buildings 1 and 2 were badly damaged. Building 3 was one-roomed with walls of different thickness and some niches on the inner sides. The entrance was in the middle of the long wall with cavities in the wall on either side of the door opening, suggesting a sliding door system. On the opposite wall was a large oven with a fire box in front of it, covered by a flat roof. Building 4 was constructed in the small area measuring 8 x 5 m between buildings 3 and 5. The room was divided into two by a low wall and was filled with a large number of non-portable items like a large number of box-like compartments, a medium-sized cupboard and a large storage bin. On the eastern side of the northern half of the building was a small cell-like compartment where numerous animal remains were found. Next to the wall of the cell were six steps with total height of 80 cm. Building 5 had at the beginning a single room 11,5 x 8,5 m which was later divided into two spaces by a secondary wall. The first entrance was in the middle of the northern wall, but at a later stage this door was closed and an entrance opened at the eastern wall. |
| Comment | The portable and non-portable items of building 4 show that the area and also building 3, which provided access to this section, were buildings related to cult practices. Building 3 must have been the "shrine" and building 4 the "most sacred place" of the shrine. Building 5 would have been the home of those who were specifically connected with the shrine. |
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| Interpretation |
ID 107
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