Networks and Neolithisation: Sourcing obsidian from Körtik Tepe (SE Anatolia)

Carter T., Grant S., KARTAL M., Coşkun A., Özkaya V.

Journal of Archaeological Science, cilt.40, sa.1, ss.556-569, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.003
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Archaeological Science
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.556-569
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anatolia, Bingöl, EDXRF, Epi-Palaeolithic, Körtik Tepe, Muş, Nemrut Daĝ, Neolithisation, Obsidian sourcing, PPNA
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper details the use of obsidian sourcing to reconstruct networks of interaction (or 'communities of practice') amongst populations of south-eastern Anatolia and the Near East in the context of 'Neolithisation' during the late 11th-early 10th millennia BC. EDXRF was used to elementally characterise 120 artefacts of Epi-Palaeolithic - Pre-Pottery Neolithic A date from Körtik Tepe in south-eastern Anatolia. Four eastern Anatolian sources are represented, mainly Bingöl A/B and Nemrut Daĝ, plus the first evidence for the use of Muş obsidian. When the source data is integrated with the artefacts' techno-typological attributes it is possible to locate the assemblage within an Upper Tigris tradition (with some interesting local differences), which stands in stark contrast to contemporary practices in northern Mesopotamia and the Levant. These local and regional distinctions support recent views of the Neolithic being much more heterogeneous, with a 'mosaic' of community-specific/local traditions of subsistence practices, raw material choices and lithic technologies during the Younger Dryas-Early Holocene. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.