Area 26
Main Information
| Area ID | 26 |
| Site |
Demirköy |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Anatolia: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A |
| Dating method | material culture |
| Radiocarbon dated | no |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | OxA 12488 |
| Earliest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Earliest date: Calibration | no |
| Earliest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | |
| Earliest date: Date of calibration | None |
| Earliest date: Standard deviation | 50 |
| 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 |
Rosenberg, M., Demirköy, 2007, Istanbul Rosenberg, M.; Peasnall, B. L., A Report on Soundings at Demirköy Höyük: An Aceramic Neolithic Site in Eastern Anatolia, 1998, |
| Comment | Two very early 10th millennium BP (see above, and OxA 12489: 9890 +/- 45) (uncalibrated accelorator dates; Oxygen isotope analyses) on seeds recovered from flotation yielded dates. |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape | |
| Settlement building technique | |
| 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 | 8 |
| Grave type |
pit grave |
| Grave: type of human remains |
inhumation |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | 6 |
| Grave: age groups |
adult subadult |
| Grave: sexes |
sex not specified |
| Grave: number of female sex | None |
| Grave: number of male sex | None |
| Grave: number of not specified sex | 6 |
| Grave: disturbance of graves |
none recorded |
| Description | A total horizontal area of ca. 75m² was exposed by the soundings that probed the identifiably stratified Neolithic deposits. Other than fleeting traces of what may have been a very badly weathered, lightly burned low mud feature of indeterminated, vaguely semi-circular configuration (ca. 2m in maximum diameter) and a number of burials (see also Demirköy - cemetery/graves), the only recongnizable stratigraphic features encountered in the soundings were a series o fthin broken plaster surfaces that alternated with equally thin, softer, ashy midden deposits. This absence of identifiable structural features may be a product of the small horizontal exposure. However, it seems as likely to be a product of the fact that all that remains of the site is its far western skirt, and that those parts of the site on which structures may have once stood had been washed away by the Batman Stream in the past. The dates confirm that the occupation of Demirköy immediately follows the abandonment of Hallan Cemi and likely represents a relocation of the Hallan Cemi community down river. |
| Comment |
Location of the Site
Bibliography
Finds in this Area
| Finds |
ID 66 lithics ID 68 small finds tool ID 69 small finds jewellery ID 71 small finds figurine ID 72 pottery ID 73 botany ID 75 animal remains |
Interpretations related to this Area
| Interpretation |
ID 40
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