Finds 1782
Main Information
| Finds ID | 1782 |
| Site |
Köşk Höyük |
| Area |
ID 752 settlement |
| Research event | |
| Finds type | small finds |
| Small finds category | figurine |
| Small finds type |
Anthropomorphic figurine Female figurine Male figurine |
| 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 |
calcite clay limestone marble stone |
| Confidence | None |
| Comment | There was a rich assemblage of anthropomorphic figurines, found in houses or as burial gifts in graves. They depict gods and goddesses. Most of them were made of clay, some of marble, limestone or calcite-like stones. One of the figurines was shaped from a pebble stone: it was not made in 3 D, and is considered to be the earliest find on this site. The pebble was divided into two sections by a horizontal groove (= waist). The upper half (head, face) was painted with red ocher and had rounded eyes, the lower half had a v-shaped groove (= sexual organ); Male deities: sitting or standing up; the clay ones were painted with ocher (partly or completely); the had short pointed headdresses, and clothes fixed with wide bands on the hips, that also passed between their legs or covered their front; Female deities: always naked, mostly sitting down; their shoulders, hips, bicep, breast and abdomen were exaggerated; they are either holding their breasts or have their arms folded in the front; they are depicted either older or younger, with accessories like headdresses or ornaments; The figurines don't resemble each other much, but they have the same characteristics (wide forehead, long faces, almond eyes, embossed temples, small noses, closed small mouths). One figurine (broken in pieces, painted with ocher) was found as a burial gift for the clay-covered skulls in Level II; The figurines can be compared to the others in Central Anatolian Neolithic sites, only one is similar to the "inserted head" figurines from the Lake District. |
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