Finds 1684

Main Information

Finds ID	1684
Site	Mersin-Yumuktepe
Area	ID 678 settlement
Research event
Finds type	small finds
Small finds category	tool
Small finds type	Awl Grindstone Loom weight Other pintadera Seal Spatula Spindle whorl tip
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 clay stone
Confidence	None
Comment	bone tools: pins, lithic tool shafts and points (one point had peculiar denticulated sides), flat pointed spatulas (probably a weaving tool); clay: spindle whorls, loom weights; stone quern (grindstone): found in a cylindrical storage pit stone seals: simple incised geometric patterns, mostly common pebbles; stone stamp seals: indicator of organised collective storing activities, found here contemporary to Amuq sites and at Sabi Abyad on the Balikh

Bibliography

Reference	Braidwood, R. - Braidwood, I., , Excavations in the PLain of Antioch, Chicago 1960, None, None 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 Akkermans, P.M.M.G, Tell Sabi Abyad, the Late Neolithic Settlement, Istanbul 1996, None, None

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 89 ID 90