Site Hallan Cemi

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Site ID	17
Name of the site	Hallan Cemi
Alias name
Alternative name
District	Batman
Region	Southeastern Anatolia
Country	Turkey
Period	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
Description	Hallan Cemi is located in Batman Province, ca. 50 km north of the city of Batman. lt is a small stratified mound situated on the west bank of the Sason Stream, a tributary of the Batman Stream, which in turn is a tributary of the Tigris River (Fig. 1 ). lt is approximately 4,3 m in height and covers an area of less than 5 ha. At least four pre-pottery building Ievels are known to exist, but only three were excavated to any meaningful degree before work at the site had to cease. A recent series of 16 accelerator dates (OxA 12298-99, 12328-41) confirm that the site was occupied for a few hundred years toward the end of the 11th millennium BP in C14 years (mid 10th millennium cal. BC).
Topography	None
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	38.223929000000
Longitude	41.241661000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	OREA
Number of activity periods	3
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Bibliography

Reference	Rosenberg, M.,A Preliminary Description of the Lithic Industry from Hallan Çemi,1994,Berlin Rosenberg, M.,Excavations at Hallan Cemi Tepesi, 1991,None,None Rosenberg, M.,Hallan Cemi: Some Further Observations Concerning Stratigraphy and Material Culture,None,None Rosenberg, M.,The Hallan Cemi Excavation, 1994,None,None Rosenberg, M.,The Batman River Archaeological Site Survey, 1990,None,None Rosenberg, M.,Excavations at Hallan Cemi Tepesi, 1992,None,None Peasnall, Brian L.; Redding, Richard W.; Nesbitt, R. Marc; Rosenberg, Michael,Hallan Çemi, Pig Husbandry, and Post-Pleistocene Adaptations along the Taurus-Zagros Arc (Turkey),1998, Rosenberg, M.,Hallan Çemi,2007,Istanbul Rosenberg, M.; Nesbitt, R. M.; Redding, R. W.; Strasser, T. F.,Hallan Çemi Tepesi: Some Preliminary Observations Concerning Early Neolithic Subsistence Behaviors in Eastern Anatolia,1995, Savard, M.,Epipaleolithic to Early Neolithic Subsistence Strategies in the Northern Fertile Crescent: the Archaeobotanical Remains from Hallan Cemi, Demirköy, M'lefaat and Qermez Dere,None,None Rosenberg, M.,Hallan Cemi,None,None Rosenberg, M.,Hallan Cemi and Early Village Organization in Eastern Anatolia,None,None Algaze, G.,The Tigris-Euphrates Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Preliminary Report of the 1989-1990 Seasons,None,None Rosenberg, M.,Excavations at Hallan Cemi Tepesi, 1993,None,None Starkovich, B. M.; Stiner, M. C.,Hallan Çemi Tepesi: High-ranked Game Exploitation alongside Intensive Seed Processing at the Epipaleolithic-Neolithic Transition in Southeastern Turkey,2009, Rosenberg, M.; Davis, M. K.,Hallan Çemi Tepesi, an Early Aceramic Neolithic Site in Eastern Anatolia: Some Preliminary Observations Concering Material Culture,1992,

Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 25 settlement

Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A