Area 313
Main Information
| Area ID | 313 |
| Site |
Mezraa-Teleilat |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | Middle and late Neolithic (Phase IIB-A) |
| Period | Anatolia: Middle Neolithic Anatolia: Late Neolithic |
| Dating method | material culture radiocarbon dating |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | AA49099 |
| 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 | 61 |
| Earliest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Earliest date: Dated by | |
| Latest date: Lab Number | LTL2640A |
| Latest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Latest date: Calibration | no |
| Latest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | |
| Latest date: Date of calibration | None |
| Latest date: Standard deviation | 50 |
| Latest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Latest date: Dated by | |
| Period Reference |
Özdoğan, Mehmet; Başgelen, Nezih; Kuniholm, Peter, The Neolithic in Turkey. New Excavations & New Research. The Euphrates Basin, 2011, Istanbul |
| Comment | |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure |
houses: agglutinated |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape |
rectangular |
| Settlement building technique |
mud brick stone socket |
| Settlement archaeological features |
courtyard fireplace oven |
| 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 |
none recorded |
| 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 | The interiors of the buildings, which have a rectangular plan, are diveded intop square shaped cellular units. The human skeleton was found together whith goat skeletons in the northwest room of a architectural structure. First it was expected, that the goats and their owner died during a fire in a sheep fold. But now they expect, that the skeletons are remains of votives for the building. |
Location of the Site
Bibliography
Finds in this Area
| Finds |
ID 762 lithics ID 763 small finds tool ID 764 small finds jewellery ID 765 animal remains ID 766 pottery Bowl ID 767 pottery Collared Jar ID 768 pottery Husking Bowl |
Interpretations related to this Area
| Interpretation |
ID 98
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