ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY OF CULTURAL CONTINIUTY, CHANGE AND BREAK IN WESTERN ANATOLIA BETWEEN 6850-5460 CAL. BC: THE ULUCAK HOYUK CASE

ÇEVİK Ö., ERDOĞU B.

MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY, vol.20, no.1, pp.77-92, 2020 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5281/zenodo.3605670
  • Journal Name: MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Anthropological Literature, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography
  • Page Numbers: pp.77-92
  • Keywords: Ulucak Hoyuk-western Anatolia-Radiocarbon dating-Neolithic-Chalcolithic-8.2 ka climate event, social transformation-abrupt cultural change
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A total of sixty-five radiocarbon dates from Ulucak Hoyuk, including charcoal and short-lived species taken from Level VI-Level III, clearly prove a long history of occupation at the site, from 6850 cal. BC to 5460 cal. BC. Based on this radiocarbon seriation, this article explores the origins of sedentary life its gradual transformation, and abrupt changes at the site. A discussion of the sequence of events is also presented within a regional framework.