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Submitted by davidmorgan on Friday, 25 May 2012  Page Views: 7213

DigsSite Name: Titris Höyük Alternative Name: Titriş Höyük
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bozova  Nearest Village: Bahçeli
Latitude: 37.476220N  Longitude: 38.676116E
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:
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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
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Titris Höyük
Titris Höyük submitted by Andy B : Mass burial in plastered basin in the Outer Town at Titris Hoyuk. Image copyright: Titriş Höyük Photographic Archive Site in Turkey (Vote or comment on this photo)
An Early Bronze Age city in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey which lasted for 500 years between 2600 and 2100 BCE before being abandoned.

Read more at the University of Akron excavation website.

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Re: Evidence Of Massacre In Bronze Age Turkey by Anonymous on Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Hi,

The link above (http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2012/evidence-of-massacre-in-bronze-age-turkey) is leading to an empty page.

If possible, would you let me know how our where I can access the information?

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Re: Evidence Of Massacre In Bronze Age Turkey by Andy B on Friday, 25 May 2012
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Photos of an excavation of Titriş Höyük from 1995

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27751389@N07/sets/72157607479107493/detail/
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Evidence Of Massacre In Bronze Age Turkey by davidmorgan on Sunday, 22 April 2012
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Determining social relationships between populations in the past can be difficult. Trade can be inferred from evidence such as pottery with foreign designs, or non-local foods. Warfare can be determined from the presence of mass graves or cemeteries of adult males displaying trauma, or weaponry showing signs of frequent use. However, trauma is not always a sign of conflict with external populations. It can also reflect the normal struggles of daily life or even interpersonal violence within the community.

Skeletal collections with trauma found from the Neolithic period in Anatolia suggest that injury was caused by daily activities and lifestyle, rather than systematic violence. However, shortly after this period there is an increase in trauma associated with violence that may suggest an increase in stress within and between populations in this area. In order to examine this conclusion, a new article by Erdal (2012) looked at the skeletal remains of a potential massacre site from the Early Bronze Age in Turkey.

The human remains come from the site of Titriş Höyük, dating to 2900-2100 BCE. The site grew very quickly in this period from a small farming community to an urban centre within a large mud-brick fortification wall built over a stone foundation. Within one of the house structures (House #2, Room 13), a burial was found in a plaster basin beneath the floors. While the location of the burial and the basin are not unique, the state of the individuals is.

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