Bodily boundaries transgressed: corporal alteration through ornamentation in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic at Boncuklu Tarla, Türkiye

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Kodaş E., BAYSAL E. L., Özkan K.

Antiquity, cilt.98, sa.398, ss.323-342, 2024 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 98 Sayı: 398
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.15184/aqy.2024.28
  • Dergi Adı: Antiquity
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, FRANCIS, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Anthropological Literature, ATLA Religion Database, Index Islamicus, International Bibliography of Art, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.323-342
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: body augmentation, labret, Neolithic, ornamentation, perforation, South-west Asia
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Lack of contextual evidence for the use of small personal ornaments means that much of our understanding of ornamentation traditions within archaeological cultures is reconstructed from ethnographic comparisons. New in situ finds from the areas around the ears and mouth in burials at Boncuklu Tarla, a Neolithic settlement in Türkiye, add a novel dimension to the interpretation of stone 'tokens' or 'plugs'. This article presents a new typology for these artefacts and argues for their use as ear ornaments or labrets in a practice involving significant and lasting corporal alteration.