Finds 888
Main Information
| Finds ID | 888 |
| Site |
Cayönü |
| Area |
ID 363 undefined |
| Research event | excavation: research The Cayönü Excavations 1964 - 1991 |
| Finds type | small finds |
| Small finds category | figurine |
| Small finds type |
Female figurine Zoomorphic 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 |
clay stone |
| Confidence | 5 |
| Comment | Female figurines first appear in the Cell Building Subphase toward the end of the First Evolutionary Stage and increase in number especially in the Large Room Building Subphase. The females are stylized and rendere in variety of shapes. There is only one female figurine of stone. Male figurine types are mainly from the later periods. A human head from the earlier phases, with its hair and facial features rendered in detail, is thought to have been set onto another object with the help f a stick set into the hole under the head. Two clay figurines were recovered in the slope wash from the Pottery Neolithic period and in the Large Room Bilding Subphase (lr4). Besindes the two published figurines there are two unpublished ones from the Large Room Building Subphase (lr2-3). Animal figurines do not show up until the second half of the Second Evolutionary Stage (Channeled Building Subphase). Most interesting is the absence of pig figurines in the Round and Grill Building Subphases when pig was one of the main animals in the area and the diet. The production of sheep and goat figurines is parallel to the sudden appearance of the domesticated species of these animals in the settlement in the Fourth Evolutionary Stage. Most figurines were found in open areas and work areas. Only a few human figurines are among the household inventory. Non of the figurines and none of the clay objects can be assosiated with the cult buildings or with rituals or magic. |
Bibliography
| Reference |
Özdogan, A., Cayönü, None, None |