Area 155
Main Information
| Area ID | 155 |
| Site |
Til Huzur-Yayvantepe |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | Structure A6 (square W400) |
| Period | Anatolia: Middle Neolithic Anatolia: Late Neolithic Anatolia: Early Chalcolithic |
| Dating method | material culture |
| Radiocarbon dated | no |
| 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 |
Caneva, I., Til Huzur – Yayvantepe, None, None |
| Comment | The pottery can be compared to the pottery found at Neolithic Cayönü and other Neolithic sites of the region. The site is only dated by one radiocarbon date, obained in Structure A2 (5770 +/-80 BP; 4775-4525 cal.BC, see respective entry for more information on the dating). As the here described structure was found beneath Structure A3, it leads to the conclusion, that it is the earliest structure excavated at the site. |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure |
houses: free-standing |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape |
rectangular |
| Settlement building technique |
mud brick |
| Settlement archaeological features |
fireplace |
| 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 | Structure A6 was the most extensively excavated of the identified structures. It was discovered in square W400, below the level that included structure A3 and was heavily damaged by the building of that structure. It consisted again of remains of orthogonal mudbrick walls, which divided adjoining square rooms of unknown size. The walls were almost levelled but still showed squarish mudbricks, and were apparently not plastered. A portion of the clay ceiling, bearing the imprints of thin wooden beams and woven reeds, was found on the floor. Outside the structure was a concentration of burnt soil along the eastern side of the sounding, where traces of a circular clay structure suggested the presence of a fireplace. A varied repertoire of pottery vessels was collected in this area which was probably used for cooking food. |
| Comment |
Location of the Site
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