Area 1146
Main Information
| Area ID | 1146 |
| Site |
Ulucak Höyük |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Anatolia: Late Neolithic |
| Dating method | material culture radiocarbon dating |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | Beta-223545 |
| Earliest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Earliest date: Calibration | yes |
| 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 | charcoal |
| Latest date: Lab Number | Beta-250264 |
| Latest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Latest date: Calibration | yes |
| 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 | charcoal |
| Period Reference |
Çilingiroğlu, Altan; Çevik, Özlem; Çilingiroğlu, Çiler, Ulucak Höyüğü, 2012, Izmir |
| Comment | The Late Neolithic settlement can be found in Level V with six subphases (Va-f). The Level V can be roughly dated to 6400-6000 cal. BC. |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure |
houses: agglutinated houses: free-standing |
| Settlement building type |
one-room |
| Settlement building shape |
rectangular |
| Settlement building technique |
wattle and daub |
| Settlement archaeological features |
clay floor clay platform clay structure hearth oven pit plastered floor post hole storage building storage vessel |
| 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 | The architecture of Building Phase Va is characterized by post-wall buildings with adjacent walls. The walls are constructed with wattle-and-daub technique, whose evidence survives as 15-20 cm thick mud walls and irregular postholes. Each structure contains hearths, flat roofed ovens, storage units (circular daub bins or rectangular clay boxes), clay platforms and pottery vessels. One of the best preserved remains belongs to Subphase Vb. The architectural techniques and material are identical with Va. Postholes in thin plastered walls without stone foundations are observed. What differs is that the buildings are erected as free-standing, not in one big cluster as observed with Buildings 22-26 from Va. Three buildings belong to Vb, two of them partially (Buildings 31 and 33), one completely (Building 30), have been excavated. Building 33 revealed five circular daub bins as well as a damaged oven. Building 31, whose borders are made clear with a row of postholes, is identified as a "workshop" due to the high concentration of stone flakes and tools found inside. Building 30, measuring 4,5 x 4,5 cm, contained evidence of the inner spatial organization of a house. It has an entrance on its southern side which measures 1,3 m. Two postholes of 15 cm diameter in the southern central part of the building indicates that roof construction was supported by these posts. The walls and floor were plastered. The building contained clayplatforms, one oven, 11 storage units, 9 circular daub storage bins and 2 rectangular daub boxes. In addition, 23 pottery vessels of various sizes have been found on the floor. The earlier building phases Vc-Ve include rows of postholes, badly preserved fire installations and bins on whitish floor. Building phase Vd contains thick stone foundations. Building phase Vf is represented by a heavily burnt building (Building 40) having a plastered floor and two poorly preserved wattle-and-daub walls. |
| Comment | One of the most ubiquitous finds of Level V are the clay sling missiles with more than 600 pieces. Since they were kept in considerable amounts at the site, it is plausible that there were tensions between the communities in the region. On the other hand, it is also known that sling missiles were used for hunting and by shepherds for personal defense as well as of their herd. |
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| Interpretation |
ID 110
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