Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ANATOLIAN STUDIES, cilt.63, ss.1-15, 2013 (AHCI)
Beads and personal ornamentation have often been overlooked in the intense debates that have surrounded archaeological work on the Neolithic settlements of the Konya plain. In this article I assess the bead assemblages from the ninth- to eighth-millennium BC calibrated sites of Pmarbasi and Boncuklu Hoyuk to ask what they can tell us about the technology, sense of personal expression and interactions with the wider landscape of Neolithic populations. The two sites in question occupy significantly different positions within the plain: the former right at the edge; the latter next to a low ridge surrounded by wetland. Evidence suggests that these communities adopted some materials, ideas and influences from outside sources, while holding on to their own, very local identities.