Area 788
Main Information
| Area ID | 788 |
| Site |
Musular |
| Area type | settlement |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Anatolia: Late Neolithic Anatolia: Early Chalcolithic |
| Dating method | material culture radiocarbon dating |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | KIA-30923 |
| 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 | -45 |
| 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. - Duru, G. - Kayacan, N. - Erdoğu, B. - Buitenhuis, H., , Musular. The 8th Millennium cal. BC Satellite Site of Aşıklı; Istanbul 2012, None, None |
| Comment | This area dates to the very end of the Neolithic and the beginning of the Chalcolithic period. C14 (only a singular sample from bones, located in the exterior open space east of the multi-roomed building): 6955 +-45 BP/beginning of the 6th millennium cal. BC. |
| Settlement type | tell |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape | |
| Settlement building technique |
pavement stone |
| Settlement archaeological features |
storage vessel |
| 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 | This phase is very badly damaged (agricultural activities, erosion), but one multi-roomed building could be identified, as well as segments of stone walls, fragmentary floors and pits. The pottery settlement lay directly over the Aceramic Neolithic layers. The multi-roomed building had two small cell-like rooms, a narrow space in the east (corridor-like) and a larger room in the south. There probably was another room further south that was destroyed. The building's superstructure and floors have been destroyed completely, so it can only be traced at the foundation level. Inside and around the building there was obsidian, animal bones an artifacts, but none of them definitely in situ. In situ finds were made in the pits and within a working area southeast of the building. East and west of the building were open areas, probably used for daily tasks. In the external areas, pits, paved floors of two "silos" and a pavement were discovered. The "silo" bases/storage bins were round structures. Their floors were paved with small/medium flattish stones and a few shards of large vessels. The other pavement was made of small pebbles and shards that were scattered over the surface of the walking ground. Pottery: handmade, coarse textured clay, always with organic temper. Inclusions generally came from syenitic sources. Two different fabrics were distinguished: syenitic terrains (alkali feldspar and altered micas) or materials derived from lavas. Plant inclusions existed in both. Fabric A (most common, ca. 80% of the pottery) has a grey, red or reddish-grey clay matrix. Fabric B had a reddish grey clay matrix. Tempering was very limited in both fabrics. The exact clay source is difficult to ascertain, but all the inclusions are consistent with the prevailing geology of the area. Four ware groups can be distinguished: 1) red slipped ware with pinkish-buff surfaces; the slip flakes and peels off easily; smoothed and burnished surfaces, moderate to good quality; 2) red slipped ware with brick-red paste; 11,76 % of the assemblage; made of Fabric A; more compact and carefully finished than the first group; thick dark red slip that bonded well because of the heavy burnish; 3) dark colored ware, 13,23 % of the assemblage; made from Fabric A; surface color grey, brownish grey, greyish black or black; the exterior is lightly burnished, the interior nly smoothed; 4) buff, pinkish-buff or light brown colored; 17,65% of the assemblage; made from Fabric A; in- and outside evenly smoothed and unburnished or lightly burnished; mostly body shards found; forms: straight-sided bowls (29,41 %), s-shaped deep bowls (27,94 %), s-shaped cooking pots (13,23%), large vertical necked jars (10,29%), straight-sided dishes (5,89%), large jars with out-turned rims (5,89%), flaring-sided bowls (4,41%), rounded bowls (1,47%), simple-sided jars (1,47%); No exact similarities could be found to other Late Neolithic pottery in Central Anatolia (from Tepecik-Çiftlik). Almost all material was found mixed with that of the aceramic layers. Finds: polished axes, a tufa weight, beads, grinding stones, awls --> suggest domestic activities --> different from the Aceramic Neolithic! |
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