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, cilt.20, sa.1, ss.77-92, 2020 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5281/zenodo.3605670
  • Dergi Adı: MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Anthropological Literature, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-92
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ulucak Hoyuk-western Anatolia-Radiocarbon dating-Neolithic-Chalcolithic-8.2 ka climate event, social transformation-abrupt cultural change
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.