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This study of lithic artifacts from the Halaf site of Fistikli Höyük, located in Southeastern Turkey, is part of a larger body of scholarly work on Late Neolithic village cultures in the Middle East. My work expands on existing scholarship and provides new understandings of the …

An analysis of the güzel tas from the Early Halaf site of Fistikli Höyük in southeastern Turkey presents an opportunity to explore concepts of cognitive and color archaeology. As naturally occurring manuports, the stones merit collection and consideration by archaeologists, alth…

Inhabitants of Northern Mesopotamia during the sixth millennium BCE commonly produced finely-made pottery that they decorated with elaborate designs. The geometric and representational designs they used to adorn their vessels have drawn attention because of their intricate style…