SPECIAL BUILDINGS AT NEOLITHIC GIRMELER, NEAR TLOS IN SOUTH-WEST ANATOLIA

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dc.authoridUsanmaz, Uygar Ozan/0000-0002-7013-3023
dc.authoridDERICI, YASIN CEMRE/0000-0001-5631-9588
dc.contributor.authorErdogu, Burcin
dc.contributor.authorKorkut, Taner
dc.contributor.authorTakaoglu, Turan
dc.contributor.authorYucel, Nejat
dc.contributor.authorUsanmaz, Uygar Ozan
dc.contributor.authorDerici, Yasin Cemre
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:13:42Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:13:42Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractSpecial buildings, or communal buildings, were ubiquitous in most Neolithic settlements in the Levant, Upper Mesopotamia, and Anatolia. Recently, remains of three special buildings with terrazzo floors dating to the early seventh millennium BC representing the Initial Neolithic period in west Anatolian chronology were unearthed in the basal layers of the mound located in front of the Girmeler cave in south-west Anatolia. The terrazzo floors in these three special buildings feature traces of red-painted linear and geometric decorations, while one also contains human burials. These special buildings may enhance our understanding of the symbolic and ritual behaviours of the Neolithic communities living on the south-west fringes of Anatolia. They may have been gathering places for ritual activities that helped create social memories and define group identities, as well as strengthen intra- and inter-societal relations among Neolithic groups. It is argued that the location of these special buildings adjacent to a natural hot spring before a cave with an impressive fa & ccedil;ade may have been one of the factors that eventually led Neolithic groups to form a gathering pattern here.
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkish Academy of Science [123 K387]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe excavation of prehistoric Girmeler was conducted as part of the Tlos Excavation Project led by Taner Korkut from Akdeniz University under the auspices of the Department of Antiquities and Museums of Turkey. The radiocarbon dating of prehistoric Girmeler was funded by the Turkish Academy of Science (TUB & Idot;TAK project no: 123 K387).
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ojoa.12314
dc.identifier.endpage39
dc.identifier.issn0262-5253
dc.identifier.issn1468-0092
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85209780052
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage27
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12314
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/28498
dc.identifier.volume44
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001358419300001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofOxford Journal of Archaeology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.titleSPECIAL BUILDINGS AT NEOLITHIC GIRMELER, NEAR TLOS IN SOUTH-WEST ANATOLIA
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