Area 1147
Main Information
| Area ID | 1147 |
| Site |
Ulucak Höyük |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Anatolia: Early Chalcolithic |
| Dating method | material culture radiocarbon dating |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | Beta-188371 |
| 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-178748 |
| 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 Early Chalcolithic settlement can be found in Level IV and contains ten building subphases which ended in a fire. Phase IVb is dated to 5990-5660 cal. BC. |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure |
houses: agglutinated houses: free-standing |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape |
rectangular |
| Settlement building technique |
mud brick plaster wall stone socket timber-frame construction |
| Settlement archaeological features |
clay floor clay platform courtyard hearth oven plastered floor storage vessel wall wall painting |
| 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 | Some of the subphases of IV are represented by plastered floors, stone foundations and floor-like surfaces. A total of 19 structures, three lightly covered areas and two open areas have been uncovered in the best preserved Phase IVb, which ended with a fire, thereby preserving the domestic areas. The structures are usually 6 m in length and 3-6 m in width. This layer is characterized by rectangular mudbrick buildings with single-row stone foundations. Some structures have been built directly on the soil. In most cases the floors, both in houses and courtyards, are made out of beaten clay and walls are plastered. Two of the structures (Building 8 and 13) contained evidence of wall paintings in red-brown color. Wood is an important building material for the buildings, which is used both for the roof frame and as a support. Evidence of wooden posts comes from Buildings 2, 3, 8 and 13. Actual remains of burnt wooden beams were found in Building 13. The roofs were most probably flat. Internal division of space does not occur frequently, only a few of the houses (Buildings 8, 12 and 13) have partitions or rooms inside. In Building 8 a platform with a hearth and a storage bin has been found. Some houses were clustered around an open area, which is as wide as 2,5 to 3 m. Some houses have courtyards which are separated from the open communal areas with thin wattle-and-daub fences. Both courtyards and houses contain up to two ovens, which are usually rectangular and flat roofed. Ovens are accompanied by hearths, bins, working areas and clay platforms. |
| Comment |
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| Interpretation |
ID 110
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