Finds 1681

Main Information

Finds ID	1681
Site	Mersin-Yumuktepe
Area	ID 662 settlement
Research event
Finds type	small finds
Small finds category	tool
Small finds type	Axe Drill Grindstone Seal Spatula
Botany species
Animal remains species
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part
Lithics technology
Lithics industry
Lithics cores and preparation
Lithics retouched tools
Lithics unretouched tools
Lithics raw material
Obsidian	None
Obsidian amount	None
Pottery form
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration
Pottery type	None
Amount
Material	bone stone
Confidence	None
Comment	bone: perforators, spatulas; stone: grinders, partially polished axes, two seals (one roughly cut out of a river pebble and foot-shaped, one carefully cut out of a semi-precious orange stone and button-like; both found in the terraced area of the settlement)

Bibliography

Reference	Özdoğan, Mehmet, The Neolithic in Turkey. New Excavations & New Research. Central Turkey, None, None Caneva, I., Mersin-Yumuktepe in the Seventh Millennium BC: an updated view, 2012, None, None

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 87