Area 151
Main Information
| Area ID | 151 |
| Site |
Til Huzur-Yayvantepe |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | Structure A2 (square W500) |
| Period | Anatolia: Middle Neolithic Anatolia: Late Neolithic Anatolia: Early Chalcolithic |
| Dating method | material culture |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | |
| 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 | 80 |
| Earliest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Earliest date: Dated by | seed |
| Latest date: Lab Number | |
| 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 | 80 |
| Latest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Latest date: Dated by | seed |
| Period Reference |
Caneva, I., Salvage excavations at Yayvantepe, None, None Caneva, I., Early Villages in South-Eastern Turkey. New Research in the Cayönü Area., None, None Caneva, I., Til Huzur – Yayvantepe, None, None |
| Comment | Pottery is comparable to Neolithic Cayönü and other Neolithic sites of the region. In the burnt debris inside the basin some carbonised lentils were collected and submitted for C14 measurement The sample provided the only abslute date available so far for the site 5770 +/- 80BP (4775-4525 cal.BC), which however, considered to be quite late for the expected cultural attribution of this level to a Pre-Halafian phase. |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure |
houses: free-standing |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape |
rectangular |
| Settlement building technique |
mud brick |
| Settlement archaeological features | |
| 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 | |
| Comment | A sequence of mudbrick architectural levels characterised the whole stratigraphy from top to bottom. Stone foundations or basements were completely absent: the walls, consisting of one line of mudbricks, were set directly on the soil. The shape of the structures was presumably square or rectangular, though in non of the squares could the layout of the buildings be identified, due to the small size of the exposure. Two such structures were identified in square W500 (A2 and A7) and two more in square W400 (A3 and A6), while no defind structures were found in the lower squares (W300, 200 and 100). Structure A2 was brought to light in the uppermost level exposed in the trench, in the southernmost and inner part of the excavation, about 2m below the surface. The architecture was quite well preserved, as the whole level appeared to have been affected by a violent fire: two thin, perpendicular, heavily burnt walls, about 1,3m high, were still standing, the inner part of the building being filled up with burnt mudbrick fragments. The walles apeared to delimit contiguous square rooms, the size of which could not be defined. In one of the rooms, a large, square clay basin, bordered with a line of flat stones, adjoined one of the walls. Besindes pottery and small finds (see respective entries). some carbonised lentils were collected in the burnt debris inside the basin and submitted for C14 measurment. |
Location of the Site
Bibliography
| Reference |
Caneva, I., Salvage excavations at Yayvantepe, None, None Caneva, I., Til Huzur – Yayvantepe, None, None |
Finds in this Area
| Finds |
ID 383 pottery Globular Jar ID 386 small finds tool ID 387 small finds jewellery ID 388 small finds figurine |
Interpretations related to this Area
| Interpretation |
ID 52
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