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Architecture and social complexity in the late Ubaid period : a study of the built environment of Değirmentepe in East Anatolia /
Abstract
Thesis (M.A.)--UCLA, 2005. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 425-440).
... In Anatolia, red paintings on the walls such as vegetal motifs, dots or geometrical patterns, and naturalistic decorations were common and discovered during the Neolithic at Boncuklu [10], Aşıklı Höyük [11] Çayönü [12], Can Hasan III [13], and Çatalhöyük [9]. This painting tradition continued in later phases in Anatolia and is found, amongst others, at Deǧirmentepe [14] during the Middle Chalcolithic and at Norşuntepe and Arslantepe in the Late Chalcolithic [15][16][17]. ...
Plaster and mortar samples from Arslantepe (Turkey) hold potential to provide unique information about the lime production and adhibition during the Late Chalcolithic period (4th millennium BCE). A multi-analytical approach including polarized light microscopy (PLM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) has been applied to characterize mortar samples from temple C and elite residences dated back to the late Chalcolithic 3–4 (3800–3400 BCE). A marly limestone has been identified as starting raw material for the lime production, probably coming from two different sources (local and brought from a different part of the Malatya plain). Moreover, different aggregate selection and the use of different production techniques were also detected in the samples, which are probably related to the function of the buildings. Evidence of a re-plastering process was also detected in the two elite houses, which probably refers to a routine maintenance process.
... Die Aufstellung der dicht gruppierten Gebäude folgte dem anatolischen Siedlungsschema. Aus diesen Gebäuden kamen in Begleitung der Obeid-Keramik zahlreiche Siegel-und Siegelabdrücke anatolischen Ursprungs zu Tage (Gürdil 2005). ...
Güvercinkayası is a central Anatolian hilltop settlement dated to the Middle and Late Chalcolithic periods. The relatively well-preserved level I and level II of the settlement are dated to the Middle Chalcolithic Period (cal. 5200-4820 BC). Mud brick architectural remains, small finds and pottery of the level III indicate the beginning of a new period, which brought a foreign “influence” to the site. "Coba" type scraped bowls, which are discussed here, are studied extensively as a part of PhD thesis titled “Güvercinkayası settlement in the context of the Ubaid cultural expansion: The Interaction of Güvercinkayası and the Ubaid”. The PhD thesis is based on the architectural remains, pottery, small finds and pot burials of Güvercinkayası level III. Scraped vessels of Güvercinkayası include tray, plate, bowl, deep bowl, pot and pithos vessels. Diversity of these shapes distinct Güvercinkayası from most of the contemporary sites. The Coba-type scraped bowl, which is one of the most distinctive indicators of the PostUbaid period, is the second most common group of Güvercinkayası level III pottery. Tournette (slow wheel) made Coba-type bowls were produced in three different standardized types. Similar types are to be observed from the Late-Ubaid period through the Post-Ubaid until the beginning of the LC 2 phase. Similarities and intensive connections between Güvercinkayası and contemporary sites at the end of the Ubaid period and post-Ubaid (LC 1) period clearly indicate that prevailing perceptions and new practices observed on Coba type bowls reached central Anatolia.
The present article analyses the charred seeds and faunal remains from the Late Chalcolithic
2 (ca. 4200-3900 BCE) occupation at Arslantepe, in the Anatolian Malatya plain. Charred seeds are
all found in situ, in a single room clearly interpretable as a kitchen on the basis of its installations and
materials. Faunal remains are from all sealed and well stratified contexts dated to this period.
The identification of species is here presented and evaluated within the broader framework of a
reconstruction of primary economy at the site. Comparisons with later Late Chalcolithic agricultural
and herding practices at the same site are made with the aim of investigating the changes undergone
by the primary economy in the phases of increasing social complexity, along the path that brought to
the origin of the first state systems in Upper Mesopotamia.
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