Ilıpınar

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Ilıpınar means "lukewarm spring" and is the name of a settlement hill in the area of İznik Gölü . It is a hill 5 to 7 m high and around 200 m in diameter. The place had been inhabited since the late Neolithic period and was used until the early Middle Ages . It was excavated under the direction of Jacob Roddenberg from the Netherlands Institute in Istanbul.

The place was founded near a spring and initially consisted of a dozen rectangular houses with an area of ​​30 m² and no internal structure. Over time, the place grew, creating a complex network of streets between the houses. The houses were supported by posts about 10 cm thick, and the walls were made of wickerwork . In between there were houses with adobe masonry , which became increasingly rare over time. Some houses had a wooden structure to protect them from moisture. While there were stoves and storage containers as well as grinding stones in the houses , stoves were always placed outside the building.

In the later settlement phases, the clay wickerwork of the houses was replaced by clay brick walls. These buildings had an average of 16 m² floor space, but had a second floor. Such buildings were arranged around an open space in the south and north-west of the hill. Geochemical studies showed that cattle were kept there at least for a time.

After the end of this phase, a short hiatus followed and then a settlement with sunken, seasonally used buildings.

literature

  • Jacob Roddenberg (Ed.): The Ilipinar excavations
    • Vol. 1: Five seasons of fieldwork in NW Anatolia, 1987-91. Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologische Instituut, Istanbul 1995. ISBN 90-6258-073-4
    • Vol. 2: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologische Instituut, Istanbul 2001. ISBN 90-6258-094-7
    • Vol. 3: Life and death in a prehistoric settlement in Northwest Anatolia. Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologische Instituut, Istanbul 2008. ISBN 978-90-6258-321-8
  • Jacob Roddenberg / Songül Alpaslan-Roddenberg: Ilıpınar and Menteşe - Early Settlements in the Eastern Marmara Region , in: The oldest monuments of mankind . Exhibition catalog Karlsruhe, Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2072-8 , pp. 154–155.