Fikirtepe culture

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Fikirtepe culture
Age : Neolithic
Absolutely : 6500-6000 BC Chr.
Relative : Monochrome or ceramic Neolithic
expansion
eastern Marmara region

The Fikirtepe culture is a Neolithic monochrome archaeological culture in the eastern Marmara region , but its ceramics can also be found in Thrace . It was named after the location Fikirtepe in the Kadıköy district of the city of Istanbul, where it was first documented.

Dating

The Fikirtepe culture is recorded over 14 C dates from various localities in the second half of the 7th millennium BC. Dated to the middle ceramic or monochrome Neolithic.

Localization

The Fikirtepe culture can be found in the localities of Fikirtepe, Pendik , Yenikapı, Ilıpınar , Menteşe and Barcın .

Characteristics

Ceramics of the Fikirtepe culture in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

It defines itself first and foremost through its ceramic inventory. On the basis of ceramics, the culture can be divided into an early archaic and a later classical phase. In addition to ceramics, the culture also has other common properties, such as clay figures, bone spoons and hoes, and stone curved axes. Funeral rituals differ, however: in addition to simple body graves, there are also cremations and secondary burials.

Subsistence

Subsistence is not purely Neolithic, but mixed. Mussels are collected from the sea and fish are caught. Hunting continues, but also arable and livestock farming.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ivan Gatsov: Prehistoric Chipped Stone Assemblages from Eastern Thrace and the South Marmara Region 7th-5th mill. BC , John and Erica Hedges, Oxford 2009, p. 13.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Özdoğan: Neolithic Sites in the Marmara Region. In: The Neolithic in Turkey. 2013 Istanbul, pp. 193–195.

literature

  • Mehmet Özdoğan : Neolithic Sites in the Marmara Region. Fikirtepe, Pendik, Yarımburgaz, Toptepe, Hoca Çeşme, and Aşağı Pınar. In: Nezih Bașgelen, Mehmet Özdoğan, Peter Kuniholm (eds.), The Neolithic in Turkey. New Excavation & New Research. Vol. 5 Northwestern Turkey and Istanbul. Istanbul 2013, pp. 167–269.