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. Stattdessen gehe ich davon aus, dass sich die Land…
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Grooved stones first appear in the Southern Levant with the development of the Natufian culture (~15,000 - 12,000 BP). These tools come in a variety of shapes and sizes; however, they share in common the presence of an intentionally manufactured groove. This thesis focuses on a …
This study focuses on the plant remains from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period (mid-8th to 6th millennia b.c. uncalibrated) in order to answer questions about early agriculture. The area of study is the northern part of the Euphrates where the site of Cafer Höyük in present day…
A methodology for ageing foetal and neonatal cattle is developed, involving radiographic examination of infant mandibles for early developmental stages in molariform teeth; tooth-wear methodologies are imprecise at this stage before wear commences. Known-age modern bovine foetal…
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…
This diary is an outcome of the recurring bewilderment I have had with the strange relationship knowledge has with the desire to know. It is this relationship that I have taken upon myself and explored, in ways that are oblique, tangential, as well as more direct. The context of…
The principal objective of this study is to perform an intracemetery analysis of biological distance, or biodistance, at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey, to better understand its social organization. Biological distance is a statistical measure of observable phenotypic …
This study's goal was to identify specific dietary, seasonal, and geographic aspects of sheep and goat herding practices during the earliest period of animal husbandry. The earliest integrated agro-pastoral economies in southwest Asia emerged in the upper Euphrates-Tigris basin.…
Recursive archaeological research surrounding the Neolithic of Southwest Asia is built upon and in turn structuring origin narratives that emphasize the importance of food production, households and house-based ties, and a change in symbolism during this period. Neolithic Çatalh…
This dissertation examines the largest human skeletal sample recovered from the eastern end of the Fertile Crescent, the central Zagros Mountains, that dates to early in the subsistence transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. This monumental change in modern human …
Following the decision of the Turkish government to build a series of dams near the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southeastern Turkey, a number of markedly early sites came to be identified. These include four separate, Aceramic Neolithic sites which lie on or…
Krittou Marottou Ais Giorkis ('Ais Giorkis ) is an Aceramic Neolithic site, occupied approximately 9,500 cal B.P., and located in the western foothills of the Troodos Mountains on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This thesis is an intra-site spatial analysis of the chipped st…
Mesolithic and Neolithic bone artifacts were analyzed with the aim of contributing knowledge regarding technological achievements, food procurement and processing, personal adornment and other aspects of social behavior. Part I presents the methodology involving the integration …
The Late Bronze Age in Britain (c. 1250–750 BC) was a period of economic and social reorganisation: agricultural and settlement patterns; funerary and depositional practices - all saw significant change and development. This thesis examines the evidence for the occupation and en…
This dissertation investigates the use and development of open spaces in Neolithic settlements in the context of the social shifts and regional trends noted in West Asia. Investigations of open space in the scholarship are varied and articulate with broader theoretical and metho…