Finds 194
Main Information
| Finds ID | 194 |
| Site |
Körtik Tepe |
| Area |
ID 79 cemetery or grave |
| Research event | excavation: rescue Körtik Tepe Excavations 2000 - 2010 |
| Finds type | small finds |
| Small finds category | jewellery |
| Small finds type |
Bead |
| 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 shell stone |
| Confidence | 5 |
| Comment | The presence of a rich variety of ornamental objects, produced from different materials. Foremost among them are the beads that were found scattered or in stone vessels tagether with the skeletons in the graves, and left in them as burial gifts. They are mostly made from an easily-worked claret red coloured stone and have a common characteristic of being cylindrical in shape. Besides these, though less common, there are also others made from the vertebral bones of animals such as birds and fish and also from the shells of molluscs. As is the case with other find categories, the type, the quality, and the quantity of the beads vary considerably from one grave to the other. ln some of the graves no beads were found. Some of the beads are of chlorite, the same material as of the stone vessels; these stand as a distinct group among the personal objects due to their shapes. With their decorations of simple parallel lines in relief and carefully perforated holes, they reflect highly skilled craftsmanship. Apart from all these, among the finds comprising personal omaments, there are also serpentine beads, generally oval but also of different shapes. |
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