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    A genomic snapshot of demographic and cultural dynamism in Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition
    (Amer Assoc Advancement Science, 2022) Altinisik, N. Ezgi; Kazanci, Duygu Deniz; Aydogan, Ayca; Gemici, Hasan Can; Erdal, Ömür Dilek; Sarialtun, Savas; Vural, Kivilcim Basak
    Upper Mesopotamia played a key role in the Neolithic Transition in Southwest Asia through marked innovations in symbolism, technology, and diet. We present 13 ancient genomes (c. 8500 to 7500 cal BCE) from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Cayonu in the Tigris basin together with bioarchaeological and material culture data. Our findings reveal that Cayonu was a genetically diverse population, carrying mixed ancestry from western and eastern Fertile Crescent, and that the community received immigrants. Our results further suggest that the community was organized along biological family lines. We document bodily interventions such as head shaping and cauterization among the individuals examined, reflecting Cayonu's cultural ingenuity. Last, we identify Upper Mesopotamia as the likely source of eastern gene flow into Neolithic Anatolia, in line with material culture evidence. We hypothesize that Upper Mesopotamia's cultural dynamism during the Neolithic Transition was the product not only of its fertile lands but also of its interregional demographic connections.
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    Geochemical and Mineralogical Analyses of Basalt Fragments from the Neolithic Settlement of Sumaki Höyük (Batman, Turkey) to Determine the Source Area
    (Tmmob Jeoloji Muhendisleri Odasi, 2023) Sarialtun, Savas; Aydin, Mahmut; Avcioglu, Mustafa
    This study aims to determine the provenance of grinding stone tools unearthed from the Neolithic phases of Sumaki Hoyuk settlement using a portable Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (P-EDXRF) and X-ray Diffraction spectrometer (XRD). Sumaki Hoyuk is located in the Lower Garzan Basin of Batman province, Turkey. The settlement is dated to 9084 +/- 57 -8123 +/- 50 cal BP. Grinding stone tools in this settlement are usually made of basalt. Albeit at low amounts, limestone was also used in the production of grinding stones. The Lower Garzan Basin, located to the east of Diyarbakir Basin, is surrounded by Mount Kiradagi to the west-southwest and Mount Raman to the south, the Garzan Anticlinal and Kentalan Anticlinal to the north-northeast. The basalt flow occurred in the Quaternary period. Samples collected from different parts of the Neolithic phase of Sumaki Hoyuk and the Kiradagi basalt flows were analysed using P-EDXRF to determine their chemical composition. The same samples were also analysed using XRD to determine their mineral composition. P-EDXRF and XRD analyses reveal that the samples from Sumaki Hoyuk and Kiradagi are in good accordance with each other. It is therefore understood that the basalt stone tools used in the settlement were taken from the Kiradagi basalts.
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    RADIOCARBON DATING EVIDENCE AND CULTURAL SEQUENCING IN CHRONOLOGY OF NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT AT BILECIK-BAH?ELIEVLER FROM NORTHWEST ANATOLIA
    (Forest Publishing Ltd, 2022) Fidan, Erkan; Sarialtun, Savas; Dogan, Turhan; Secer-Fidan, Sezer; Ilkmen, Erhan
    In this article, the chronological development of the settlement at Bilecik-Bahcelievler is defined by evaluating the radiocarbon dates; and the place of material culture found in the settlement is discussed within the chronology. Radiocarbon measurements should be used in statistical methods to obtain a more consistent and usable graphic chronologically for settlement. The most widely used calibration method is Bayesian statistics, which uses the information from the 14C analysis results graph curve. This article provides an overview of the culture in addition to the statistical components used in the chronological analysis. Calibrated ageing data used in both the creation of C-14 graphs and the bayesian model were performed by TuBITAK Members using the latest version of OxCal software and some classifications were made. Bahcelievler settlement, inhabited between approximately 7100 BC and 6000 BC, can be claimed to be a settlement where the earliest results of the Neolithic Period in Western Anatolia have been obtained. In addition, the archaeological and chronological findings offer a solution to the historical problem of where the first pottery in Northwest Anatolia was made, as well as provide information about the beginning and development of Fikirtepe Culture, which is the dominant cultural period of the area in question. Twenty C14 dating data were published for the first time in this study. In addition, Bayesian statistical modelling was also carried out using the AMS dating of the three layers from the Bahcelievler. According to AMS dating and pottery data, the Bahcelievler settlement is the earliest site in Northwest Anatolia and also it was inhabited for about a thousand years. In this context, the Bahcelievler settlement provides significant contributions to the chronology of the Northwest Anatolian Neolithic Period. All the dating results presented in this study are essential evaluations and interpretations of the change in the cultural stages of the settlement and the Northwest Anatolian Neolithic process.
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    The Effect of Atlantic and Monsoon Variability on a Neolithic site in Upper Mesopotamia
    (Revista Climatologia, 2023) Acar, Zahide; Sarialtun, Savas
    In this study, stable isotope analyses of calcium carbonate soil samples detected in Neolithic fillings at Sumaki Hoyu center dot k were performed to determine the causality of climate variability. Approximately 2000-year cycles have been 9000-8000, 6000-5000, 4200-3800, 3500-2500, 1200-1000, and 600-150 years BP, with a current total of six occurrences which are called Rapid Climate Change (RCC). Additionally, since the beginning of the early Holocene, at least eleven similar events with much more effective and rapid climatic changes, such as the 10.2, 9.2, and 8.2 ka events, have been defined. The most discussed climate change event in the Holocene occurred 8200 years ago, known as the 8.2 ka event. There are variations in dating among many studies concerning the 8.2 ka event. While numerous studies have focused on the impact of the 8.2 ka event on Neolithic cultural changes, collapse, and migration phenomena, the potential impact of the 9.2 ka event on culture has been rarely explored. The focus is on determining the global and local events of the climatic changes in Northern Mesopotamia in the period between 9.2 and 8.2 ka. The global climate data were analysed separately with data from various areas and in each phase, the scale representing the Neolithic period at Sumaki Hoyu center dot k and macro-micro factors were discussed. It was therefore attempted to interpret the presence or effects of the Monsoon and Atlantic interactions on Neolithic climatic anomalies of the Sumaki Hoyu center dot k settlement. As a result, the causality of the settlement and its abandonment, along with changes in the settlement strategy, were interpreted.