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Neolithic and chalcolithic cultures in Turkish Thrace
No full textThe subject of this thesis are the Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures in Turkish Thrace. Turkish Thrace acts as a land bridge between the Balkans and Anatolia. Along this land bridge it might be expected that there has been a transfer of ideas, exchange and movement of objects between two regions. Intensive survey in a selected part of Turkish Thrace - the Edime region - and systematic field collection techniques on selected sites were conducted. Intensive surveys in the Edime region have provided important evidence relating to past land use and settlement systems. On the basis of examination settlements and artefacts, local Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures closely related to the Balkan cultures were defined. One of the research problems in Turkish Thrace is the apparent dramatic decrease in population in the late Chalcolithic period. All late Chalcolithic sites are small relative to those of other Chalcolithic cultures in the Balkans. There are as yet no geographical studies, soil analysis or pollen diagrams from Turkish Thrace. However, it seems most likely that the depopulation of Turkish Thrace can be explained by a combination of environmental changes, soil changes or exchange network collapse. In Neolithic and Chalcolithic period, some of the Anatolian material looks similar to those of the Balkans. Similarities may be explained by the interaction sphere model. An interaction sphere is defined as an information or item exchange system through which aspects of culture are transferred and which ultimately produces regional similarities. Metabasite stone axes from the Şarköy axe factories were found in the Early Neolithic levels of Hoca Çeşme as well as on settlements in the Edime region. Honey flint of Northeast Bulgaria and Aegean Spondylus were found in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlements of Turkish Thrace. These examples begin to introduce the nature of the exchange network in Turkish Thrace
Before the Neolithic in the Aegean: The Pleistocene and the Early Holocene record of Bozburun - Southwest Turkey
No full textThe renewed Mesolithic research in the Greek mainland and the
islands has been providing new insights into the lively maritime
activity within the region; however, the southwest coast of Turkey
has been virtually devoid of related investigations until the commencement of the Bozburun Prehistoric Survey project in 2017. The
aim of this paper is to give an overview of the prehistoric sites discovered at the Bozburun Peninsula during the 2017–2019 field seasons. Preliminary results indicate that the area is rich in prehistoric
activity. While Middle Paleolithic chipped stone industries were identified at the sites of Kayabas ̧ı Cave, C ̧akmak, and Sobalak, flake based
microlithic chipped stone industries typical of the Aegean Late
Pleistocene and Early Holocene were identified at the sites of Sarnıc ̧,
Hurma, Sobalak, Zeytinlik, and C ̧akmak. A variety of artifacts, suggestive of the Neolithic, were also recorded at the sites of Hurma,
Zeytinlik, and possibly at Sobalak and Sarnıc ̧. In specific, the presence of carinated end-scrapers, burins and polyhedric cores at
Sarnıc ̧, as well as some geometric microliths at Hurma, demonstrates
that Bozburun was frequented during the Upper Paleolithic and the
Epipaleolithic. The presence of a few geometric microliths made on
Melos obsidian at Hurma also demonstrates that the region was connected to the Aegean obsidian network routes at least by the beginning of the Holocene. If our relative dating is correct, this constitutes the earliest known use of Melos obsidian in the Anatolian mainland
COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN THE PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF CENTRAL ANATOLIA AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF RED OCHRE IN CHALCOLITHIC ÇATALHÖYÜK
No full textA sixth-millennium BC burial pit at Ugurlu on the island of Gokceada
No full text[Abstract Not Available]Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Turkish Science Foundation (TUBITAK project) [114K271]We wish to thank Jarrad W. Paul for his kind corrections to the language, and Cem Ozturk for his comments on animal bones. Ugurlu projects are supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. We also wish to thank the Turkish Science Foundation (TUBITAK project no: 114K271) for radiocarbon dates
Settlement layout and social organisation in the mid-6th Millennium BC at Ugurlu on the island of Gokceada, North-eastern Aegean
No full textThis article examines the complex social organization that emerged in the mid-6(th) Millennium BC from the perspective of new research conducted in Ugurlu (Phase III), on the island of Gokceada (Imbros). The mid-6(th) Millennium BC witnessed major cultural transformations and abrupt changes in virtually all regions from Anatolia to Central Europe, as new settlements brought new forms of social organization. Our aim here is to stimulate further debate about the early complex social organization in the mid-6(th) Millennium BC. The results of this study reveal a well-organized rural community on the island, reflected in the complex settlement layout, with ritual areas, multifunctional central buildings and activity areas.Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Turkish Historical SocietyWe wish to thank Jarrad W. Paul for his kind corrections to the language in this paper. The project is supported by The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. We thank Cigdem Atakuman and Basak Boz for their valuable comments. Thanks to Nejat Yuecel for the photos. This study represents an extensively revised version of Erkan Guercal's Doctoral Thesis. He would also like to thank the Turkish Historical Society for its support
PIGMENT IDENTIFICATION IN HELLENISTIC CERAMICS FROM THE TUZ GOLU REGION OF CENTRAL ANATOLIA BY CONFOCAL RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
No full textThe chemical nature of the black and red pigments of four samples of Hellenistic ceramics from the Salt Lake (Tuz Golu) region of Central Anatolia has been identified by Confocal Raman Spectroscopy. The black and red pigments are found to be magnetite (Fe3O4) and hematite (alpha-Fe(2)O(3)). Raman spectrum of alumina (Al(2)O(3)) was also taken on white coloured glazes
The New evidence for the Palaeolithic on the island of Gökçeada (Imbros), North Eastern Aegean
No full textEksino, on the island of Gökçeada (Imbros) in the Northeast Aegean, is a new open-air site with evidence of Palaeolithic cultural remains. Stone tools collected by an initial survey have clarified an assessment of the site from the Lower Palaeolithic, and brought to light new evidence from the Middle Palaeolithic as well as transition to the Upper Palaeolithic. Eksino is probably one of the most significant Lower Palaeolithic tool collections in the North Aegean, and finds such as chopper or chopping tools and Acheulean bifacial handaxes from the site show that the North Aegean may be another possible dispersal route from hominids to Europe via the East and Northeast Mediterranean during the Lower Palaeolithic. Middle Palaeolithic finds are frequent in the site and finds resemble the typical Mousterian type which is characterized by discoidal cores, Levallois cores and flakes, scrapers, denticulates, notches and points. Upper Palaeolithic finds are rare in the site, and a bifacial leaf point and large crescent-shaped backed pieces made on blades may reveal the presence of the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition on the island. This new data from Palaeolithic Gökçeada is likely to fill key geographic gaps associated with the initial dispersal of hominins through the northeast Aegean islands
The computation of expected values and moments of special polynomials via characteristic and generating functions
No full textSpeleothems Of Catalhoyuk, Turkey
No full textSpeleothem samples such as flowstone, stalagmite and stalactites are one of the important finds at Catalhoyuk, which they have been carried hundreds of kilometers from its source. The "Catalhoyuk Speleothem Project" have been initiated with the aim of investigating Catalhoyuk's speleothems and identifying their provenance. In order to achieve this, speleothem samples at Catalhoyuk have been recognized and documented, and caves around Catalhoyuk have been investigated. Later, both selected Catalhoyuk speleothem and cave samples of flowstone, stalagmite and stalactites have been analysed by ICP-MS to recognize similar trace elements. In addition, the ages of samples have been obtained by U-Th method to find similarities between the Catalhoyuk samples and speleothem deposits from surrounding caves. The comparative results have been used to identify the sources of Catalhoyuk's speleothems.Wo
SPELEOTHEMS OF CATALHOYUK, TURKEY
No full textSpeleothem samples such as flowstone, stalagmite and stalactites are one of the important finds at Catalhoyuk, which they have been carried hundreds of kilometers from its source. The Catalhoyuk Speleothem Project have been initiated with the aim of investigating Catalhoyuk's speleothems and identifying their provenance. In order to achieve this, speleothem samples at Catalhoyuk have been recognized and documented, and caves around Catalhoyuk have been investigated. Later, both selected Catalhoyuk speleothem and cave samples of flowstone, stalagmite and stalactites have been analysed by ICP-MS to recognize similar trace elements. In addition, the ages of samples have been obtained by U-Th method to find similarities between the Catalhoyuk samples and speleothem deposits from surrounding caves. The comparative results have been used to identify the sources of Catalhoyuk's speleothems
