Finds 58

Main Information

Finds ID	58
Site	Hallan Cemi
Area	ID 25 settlement
Research event	excavation: rescue Hallan Cemi excavation 1991 - 1994
Finds type	lithics
Small finds category	tool
Small finds type	Blade
Botany species
Animal remains species
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part
Lithics technology
Lithics industry	Blade industry Flake industry
Lithics cores and preparation
Lithics retouched tools	Projectile point Retouched blade
Lithics unretouched tools
Lithics raw material	Obsidian
Obsidian	Yes
Obsidian amount	58
Pottery form
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration
Pottery type	None
Amount
Material	obsidian
Confidence	5
Comment	The Hallan Cemi assemblage is characterized by blades produced from single platform cores, with a significant number of such blades modified to form geometric pieces, particularly scalene triangles. Convex pieces (i.e., lunates) are also present, but relatively rare. Equally noteworthy are the other early chipped stone types which do not occur in the Hallan Cemi chipped stone assemblage. Specifically, characteristically Natufian-type backed and truncated blades are completely absent, as are all other distinctly Natufian chipped stone tool types. The nearest sources for obsidian, a valued raw material for the manufacture of chipped stone tools at Hallan Cemi, are in the Lake Van and Bingöl regions, both ca. 100 km away to the northeast and northwest respectively. Despite these distances, obsidian accounts for 58% of the chipped stone pieces at Hallan Cemi and material from both sources is present at the site. The author doesn't describe the lithics in particular, but only mentions them in socio-political and economical context. For further information on the lithics please see Rosenberg 1994.

Bibliography

Reference	Rosenberg, M., A Preliminary Description of the Lithic Industry from Hallan Çemi, 1994, Berlin Rosenberg, M., Hallan Çemi, 2007, Istanbul

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 39