Finds 3080

Main Information

Finds ID	3080
Site	Dedecik-Heybelitepe
Area	ID 1144 settlement
Research event	trial trench Dedecik-Heybelitepe 2003 - 2004
Finds type	lithics
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part
Lithics technology
Lithics industry	Blade industry
Lithics cores and preparation	Bullet core
Lithics retouched tools
Lithics unretouched tools	Blade
Lithics raw material	Obsidian
Obsidian	None
Obsidian amount	None
Pottery form
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration
Pottery type
Amount
Material	flint obsidian
Confidence	None
Comment	For the first time, excavations at Dedecik-Heybelitepe clearly demonstrate Trans-Aegean contacts indicated by the existence of obsidian of Melian origin in Western Anatolia since the beginning of the 6th millenium BC.

Bibliography

Reference	Herling, L.; Kasper, K.; Lichter, C.; Meriç, R., Im Westen nichts Neues? Ergebnisse der Grabungen 2003 und 2004 in Dedecik-Heybelitepe, 2008, Lichter, C.; Meriç, R., Dedecik-Heybelitepe. Excavations at a Neolithic Settlement in the Torbalı Plain, 2012, Istanbul

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 109