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<< Text Pages >> Domuztepe - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey

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Multi-periodSite Name: Domuztepe Alternative Name: KM 97
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 0.148 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kahramanmaraş
Latitude: 37.322223N  Longitude: 37.035248E
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Ancient Settlement in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey

The archaeological site of Domuztepe is located in south-central Turkey and is the largest known example of a settlement from the Late Neolithic (around 6,500-5,500 BC). This was a key period of change in prehistory, after the development of agriculture and prior to the emergence of the earliest cities. British Museum.

The settlement was found during an archaeological survey of the Kahramanmaraş region and has been the focus of an archaeological project since 1995. Domuztepe is currently being excavated by the University of Manchester and the British Museum under the sponsorship of the British Institute at Ankara. The excavation website.
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The meanings of early prehistoric stamp seals in the late Neolithic Middle East by Andy B on Monday, 15 May 2017
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Identity and symbolism - The meanings of early prehistoric stamp seals in the late Neolithic Middle East

Stamp seals are normally small stone artefacts with an engraved design on one or more surfaces. They initially appear during the pottery Neolithic period in the seventh millennium BC but it is during the Halaf period of the sixth millennium that they are found in large numbers.

The British Museum has one of the largest collection of stamp seals in any single institution and only one study has been made of the collection. In comparison, the cylinder seals have been heavily studied and by extension this has led to stamp seals being interpreted in terms of the later developments of sealing mechanisms.

This study aims to redress this balance by reinterpreting stamp seals explicitly within their seventh and sixth millennium contexts. This will be aided by the ongoing Domuztepe excavations project, also jointly organised by Manchester University and the British Museum.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/collaborative_doctoral_awards/identity_and_symbolism.aspx

Domuztepe Excavations - a Late Neolithic site in south-central Turkey
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Death and Dying in Neolithic Near East by davidmorgan on Friday, 12 October 2012
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The stereotypical view of how Neolithic men and women lived is misleading according to Dr. Karina Croucher, who has studied the buried remains of people living between 7,500 and 10,000 years ago across the Middle East.

One of the conclusions she reaches in her new book Death and Dying in Neolithic Near East is that it was normal in early Neolithic society for men and women to show compassion towards each other, and gender was not so clearly defined as it is today.

Croucher argues that it is a male bias in archaeology that has distorted our understanding of how ancient peoples lived within a sedentary society.

Between 1997 and 2003, a highly complex burial was excavated at the site of Domuztepe, southeastern Turkey – called the ‘Death Pit’.

This pit was more than 3m in diameter and about 1.5m deep, filled with layers of dis-articulated human and animal bones, broken pottery and other artefacts. The ceremonies that produced these features probably took place over a few weeks and had several phases. The earliest layer of the Death Pit mainly contained animal bones, apparently from large scale feasting. Later deposits included the remains of up to 40 people.

The bodies had been heavily fragmented and cannibalism may have taken place. After the Death Pit was filled, it was covered in a thick layer of ash and marked with large posts. Further deposits of human remains were placed around its edges.
An equality of gender

Of the 40 people buried within the “death pit”, there were equal numbers of men and women. In addition to this, her theory is based, in part, on the find of a teenage girl’s skull buried carefully by the pit, called Kim by the team.

The girl aged between 15 and 17 years old – whose face has been reconstructed by Chris Rynn and Caroline Wilkinson (now at Dundee University), along with Stuart Campbell from the University of Manchester – was considered to be cared for by both the men and women who tended the site.

Though the finds to modern eyes are gruesome, Dr. Croucher says, they show a compassionate side to both Neolithic men and women.

She said: “In the Death Pit, a specific choice was made to inter these human remains – including Kim – within its context, and that undoubtedly required care and effort, not only in its construction, but additionally in keeping the area protected and clear of scavengers. Even the cannibalism was probably seen by these people as a compassionate act.”

Treatment was not dependent on age or gender, but according to relationships and emotive ties as several sites from the area attest, with partial retention of dead relatives within living structures, such as at Jericho and Kfar HaHoresh. Croucher argues that, “When human remains from across the region are examined, it becomes apparent that it was difficult for the living to let go of their loved ones. For example, human faces were recreated onto the skulls of the dead using plaster, and they become cared for within houses.”

“The stereotypical and inaccurate view of male hunters dominating their more submissive female counterparts is an articulation of male bias in archaeology.”

She concludes that men and women were treated equally in death and shown equal compassion, and then extrapolates that their tasks were likely to be thought of as equal during life. Our biases in the present were not relevant to them, and are not natural or inherent behaviours.

“So we should not understand the past in our own terms: it’s more about their relationships with each other; materials and animals.”

More information and photos: http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2012/death-and-dying-in-neolithic-near-east

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