Area 1155


Main Information
Area ID 1155
Site Kuletepe Mevkii
Area type cave or rockshelter
Area NR
Period Anatolia: Late Neolithic
Anatolia: Early Chalcolithic
Dating method material culture
Radiocarbon dated None
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
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Settlement type None
Settlement structure
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Settlement building shape
Settlement building technique
Settlement archaeological features
Cave/rockshelters type cave
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 At Kuletepe Mevkii several "caves" were used as working and living places. The "Christ Cave" also shows traces of prehistoric occupation indicating a long use of this "cave" as a cult place. This use is emphazised by the finds of votive gifts deposited in the clefts of the rocks.
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Location of the Site

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