Kömürcü-Kaletepe

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Coordinates: 38 ° 17 ′ 12 ″  N , 34 ° 34 ′ 32 ″  E

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Kömürcü-Kaletepe is a prehistoric workshop near the village of Kömürcü in the central district of Niğde Province .

location

It is situated at 1600 m above sea level on a flat Rhyolithfelsen on the northern slope of the göllü dağ and dated 8200-7800 cal. BC, that belongs to the Aceramic Neolithic to

Excavations

Kömürcü-Kaletepe was discovered as part of the obsidian project on Göllü Dağ and excavated from 1997 to 2001.

Silex technology

Here two different types of blades were made using special techniques: long pointed blades made from keel-shaped cores and prismatic blades made from cores with a striking surface. These processing techniques can be used in simultaneous surrounding settlements, such as B. Musular not prove. On the other hand, it is known that this was done in Çayönü , Cafer Höyük and Akarçay Tepe . Products from the Kömürcü-Kaletepe cannot be found in Anatolia either, but they can be found in Northern Syria and even in Cyprus . This indicates extensive long-distance trade connections, while the origin of the craftsmen is so far unclear.

literature

  • Only Balkan-Atlı, Didier Binder: Kaletepe - a Neolithic obsidian workshop , in: The oldest monuments of mankind . Exhibition catalog Karlsruhe, Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2072-8 , p. 213.
  • Binder, Didier, Only Balkan Atlı. 2001. Obsidian Exploitation and Blade Technology at Kömürcü-Kaletepe (Cappadocia, Turkey). In: Isabella Caneva (Ed.), Beyond Tools: Redefining the PPN Lithic Assemblages of the Levant . Berlin: Ex Oriente, 1–16.
  • Cauvin, Marie-Claire, Only Balkan Atlı. Rapport sur les recherches sur l'obsidienne en Cappadoce, 1993–1995. Anatolia Antiqua 4, 1996, 249-71.

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See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mihriban Özbaşaran, The Neolithic on the plateau. In: Gregory McMahon, Sharon Steadman, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 BCE. Oxford, Oxford University Press, Online Publication Date: Nov 2012 doi : 10.1093 / oxfordhb / 9780195376142.013.0005106