Finds 56
Main Information
| Finds ID | 56 |
| Site |
Sumaki Höyük |
| Area |
ID 22 settlement |
| Research event | excavation: rescue The Sumaki Höyük Excavation 2007 |
| Finds type | small finds |
| Small finds category | jewellery |
| Small finds type |
Bead Bracelet |
| 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 flint metal obsidian shell stone |
| Confidence | 5 |
| Comment | Although there are few stone, tooth, and bone beads, their treatment demonstrates high quality craftsmanship. Beads made of various kinds of stones, were formed into pendants of geometric shapes such as simple round, oval, rhomboidal, cylindrical, or pearshape, with a singlehole or with double holes. Bone beads from lang bones of small mammals are common. Tooth beads are generally deer tooth; there is just one tusk of wild boar. Beads made of freshwater bivalves (Unio) are uncommon; there is only one example. The present day Garzan River is its natural habitat, so this scarcity of Unio in the settlement is odd. For the moment, it can be said that the practices of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period continued into Pottery Neolithic. Obsidian and flintstone "drill bits" show that at least some beads were produced in the settlement. Five agate beads, noteworthy for their quality craftsmanship, are probably imports. All beads are scattered, and their context gives no satisfactory information about their positions. There are only 7 ring and bracelet fragments. While it is estimated that the 17 widely-scattered lumps of malachite, two malachite bead fragrnents, one curved copper sheet, and one copper bead fragment belang to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period Ievels, we can suggest that the use of malachitecopper continued in this region for a langer period. |
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