Area 764
Main Information
| Area ID | 764 |
| Site |
Aşıklı |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Anatolia: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
| Dating method | material culture radiocarbon dating |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| 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 |
Özdoğan, Mehmet, The Neolithic in Turkey. New Excavations & New Research. Central Turkey, None, None Özbaşaran, M., Aşıklı, None, None |
| Comment | Level 4 dates into the second half of the 9th millennium cal. BC. |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure |
houses: free-standing |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape |
ovoid rectangular |
| Settlement building technique | |
| Settlement archaeological features |
fireplace hearth pit post hole |
| 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 | 2 |
| Grave type |
pit grave |
| Grave: type of human remains |
inhumation |
| 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 | Level 4 is the earliest of the 4 levels of this site. 150 m² of it were excavated first in 2003-4. It was dated via C14 into the second half of the 9th millennium cal. BC. The subsistence, technologies and burial customs change slightly though the sequence. The found buildings of Level 4 are sub-oval in plan, semi-subterranean and free standing around an open space that was used for several activities. One of the best preserved buildings of this level is Building 3. It was exposed in the eastern part of the excavated area, has an oval ground plan with a diameter of around 2,5 m. The plastered walls are preserved up to 1,6 m and were made of kerpiç blocks. On the floor there was a squarish platform with rounded corners, pits and post-holes (?). In the middle of it, there was a hearth; also two burial pits were found. A thick layer of organic remains (phytoliths) and fragmentary kerpiç blocks lay all over the floor, which indicates a collapsed roof (?). Building 6 lies northern of Building 3 and east of the external open area, which consisted of various activity areas, e.g. a shallow depression with an earth-plastered surface. It was about 2,5 m in diameter; on its floor, there were animal bones, obsidian finds, worked and used bones in situ. This area was used for the manufacture and use of obsidian tools and bone tools. Activities that were executed here: cutting and scraping of soft materials, meat and fresh hide, siliceous vegetal and fresh soft wood, piercing of soft material, cutting of soft or medium-soft worked material ,and harvesting of cereals. The find of two pairs of post-holes in the floor suggest the construction of a light structure shelter over the space. This area was used consecutively over the years (up to Level 3). Also the existence of pits, fire places, kerpiç blocks, areas with concentrations of burnt organic remains and Celtis seeds imply the intensive use of this area. Building 2 is located south-western of the excavated area. It was rectangular with rounded corners; its walls were made of lumps of kerpiç soil. The different form and building technique of this building indicates a different use for it as well, also indicated by the finds of a number of coprolites directly on the second renewal floor. In Level 4, daily activities took place in open areas. The buildings were made with kerpiç and without stone foundations. There was a building continuity (rebuilding took place at the same spot). Burial customs: sub-floor inhumations; |
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