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 Seal Spatula Spindle whorl pintadera 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 |
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