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Submitted by davidmorgan on Saturday, 18 September 2010  Page Views: 6189

Multi-periodSite Name: Aktopraklik Hoyuk Alternative Name: Aktopraklık Höyüğü
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 21.245 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bursa  Nearest Village: Akçalar
Latitude: 40.174351N  Longitude: 28.771164E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Settlement in Bursa Province, Turkey.

A 7th millennium BCE mound with important traces of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.

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Skeleton found with arrow tip in spine in tumulus in Turkey by davidmorgan on Sunday, 09 January 2011
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The body of a man with an arrow tip still lodged in his spine was found during ongoing excavations in Bursa’s Aktopraklık tumulus. Archeologists believe that the man had died shortly after he was shot with an arrow from a bowman on higher ground. The tumulus where the skeleton was buried is estimated to have a history of about 8,500 years.

“This tomb of a man in his 30s from the early Chalcolithic period did not seem unusual at first glance. He was buried in accordance with the burial traditions of the period. … On closer examination of the skeleton, we discovered a deep arrow wound in the bottom of his spine,” paleoanthropologist Songül Alpaslan Roodenberg from the excavation team told the Anatolia news agency. “The arrow tip explained the cause of this Aktopraklık man’s death almost precisely,” she said.

Roodenberg also noted that the arrow tip was made of flint and it was lodged 12 millimeters into the spine. “It is most likely that the arrow struck his spine and damaged the abdominal aorta, which was located near the path of the arrow. This indicates that the man died shortly after he was injured [via the arrow],” she explained.

Adding that it is very probable that the man died quickly due to excessive bleeding, the paleoanthropologist said: “It seems that he was injured not far from the village and was taken back to the village shortly after he died. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to be buried in the traditional fetal position. “Although it is hard to tell whether the man was a warrior, hunter or just a peasant, this finding will certainly attract attention in the near future,” she added.

Roodenberg also noted that the tumulus, whose history stretches back to about 8,500 years ago, is one of the earliest farming villages. Nearly 60 tombs have been discovered during excavations at the ancient site, which were launched seven years ago with the support of the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality. The tombs are from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.

“Rites for burying the dead give us clues about the belief systems of prehistoric people. Details including the shape of the tombs, the way the bodies are positioned or objects buried near the dead reveal much information,” she added.

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-229118-tumulus-skeleton-found-with-arrow-tip-in-spine.html
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Researchers unearth 8,500-year-old bodies near Bursa by davidmorgan on Saturday, 18 September 2010
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From coldrum:

Ancient bodies believed to be 8,500 years old have been unearthed at a burial mound in the Akçalar area of the Marmara province of Bursa.

The five bodies, reportedly belonging to two adults and three children aged between 3 and 5, were found at the Aktopraklık mound.

“Their arms were tied behind their backs, indicating that they may have been killed or sacrificed,” said Associate Professor Necmi Karul, head of the prehistory department at Istanbul University’s literature faculty and leader of the excavation.

One of the children were hogtied while the other children were found between the legs of the adults, he said.

Although noting that the find would provide an important repository of data for prehistory, Karul said it was too early yet to determine whether the bodies belonged to a single family, whether they had been punished, their exact age or any other particular details.

Karul said they had been working at the excavation every summer for the past seven years.

“We have reached very important traces of Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods. The information will not only enlighten Bursa history but serve for all humanity,” said Karul, adding that in previous years, they had located important living areas surrounded by moats.

Now, however, archaeological teams had unearthed special constructions belonging to the administrators of the region, the researcher said.

Karul said the oldest settlement in the region was 8,500 years old, adding that some settlements had existed in the area even before the community centered on Aktopraklık emerged.

There was plenty of migration after Aktopraklık, Karul said, but added that forms of human settlement continued to exist in the area for thousands of years afterwards.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=ancient-bodies-found-in-turkey-2010-09-16
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