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Houses of Northern Mesopotamia during the transition to the Neolithic: utilitarian and sacral contexts

open access: yesStudia Praehistorica, 2021
This paper is devoted to the issues of constructing, using and perceiving human dwellings among the communities of Southwestern Asia in the transition to the Neolithic. The case study is based on the data from Northern Mesopotamia.
Tatiana Kornienko
doaj   +1 more source

The adoption of cattle pastoralism in the Arabian Peninsula: A reappraisal

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 168-177, May 2020., 2020
Abstract The translocation of livestock into the Arabian Peninsula was underway by the sixth millennium BC. It remains unclear, however, whether nascent pastoralism in Arabia focused on specialised cattle herding, intensive caprine husbandry, or more extensive forms of sheep, goat and cattle management.
Cheryl A. Makarewicz
wiley   +1 more source

Karahan Tepe: a new cultural centre in the Urfa Area in Turkey

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2011
In this study, the finds from Karahan Tepe, which have already been published as news articles, will be evaluated and compared with those from nearby PPN neighbourhoods in order to reveal their similarities.
Bahattin Çelik
doaj   +1 more source

The demythologization of landscape. Landscape research in the context of prehistoric societies – the example of the Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die These aufgestellt, dass die heutige Landschaftsauffassung von dem neolithischen Fundort Göbekli Tepe (Südosttürkei) nicht auf Grundlage einer tatsächlichen Erforschung der Landschaft entstand.
Braun, Ricarda
core   +1 more source

A small-scale cult centre in Southeast Turkey: Harbetsuvan Tepesi

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2016
The present paper aims to assess the finds from Harbetsuvan Tepesi, which we consider a small-scale satellite settlement located some 7km southwest of Karahan Tepe.
Bahattin Çelik
doaj   +1 more source

Sediment descriptions and geochemical analyses of radiocarbon-dated deposits from the vicinity of Göbekli Tepe—A dataset

open access: yesData in Brief, 2020
This dataset comprises the detailed descriptions and laboratory measurements of sediment profiles from the semi-arid environs of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey—one of the oldest monumental structures of humankind ...
Moritz Nykamp   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Neolithic cult centres and domestic settlements in the light of Urfa Region Surveys

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2015
The present study concerns Neolithic period cult centres and settlements discovered recently during surface surveys in the central district of Urfa (Sanlıurfa) region in south-eastern Turkey.
Bahattin Celik
doaj   +1 more source

Diachrone Studien zur Lithik des Göbekli Tepe: Locus 166, Raum 16 und die Sedimentsäule aus Gebäude D [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Der präkeramische Fundplatz Göbekli Tepe liegt in der heutigen Südost-Türkei, in der Region Şanlıurfa, auf einem Plateau der Germuş Berge. Er datiert zwischen dem mittleren 10. und frühen/mittleren 8. Jahrtausend cal.
Breuers, Jonas
core  

Göbekli Tepe – the Stone Age Sanctuaries. New results of ongoing excavations with a special focus on sculptures and high reliefs

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2010
The transition from non-food producing to farming societies first took place during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) of the Near East. It happened immediately after the end of the Pleistocene, between the 10th to the 8th millennium BC.
Klaus Schmidt
doaj   +1 more source

Resilience at the Transition to Agriculture: The Long‐Term Landscape and Resource Development at the Aceramic Neolithic Tell Site of Chogha Golan (Iran)

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
The evidence for the slow development from gathering and cultivation of wild species to the use of domesticates in the Near East, deriving from a number of Epipalaeolithic and aceramic Neolithic sites with short occupational stratigraphies, cannot explain the reasons for the protracted development of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent.
S. Riehl   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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