Çukuriçi Höyük Zooarchaeology
Zooarchaeology of Late Neolithic - Early Bronze Age Çukuriçi Höyük, Turkey
Project Abstract
Introduction
The excavations at the Çukuriçi Höyük were conceived from the beginning as a wide interdisciplinary project. The Höyük is situated in vicinity of the ancient metropolis Asiae Ephesos and dates from the late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age. The excavation areas at the northern and southern border revealed at least several architectural phases. The northern sector offered the oldest sequences dating to the late Neolithic/early Chalcolithic (here presented - phase VIII 6200-6000 cal. BC). The trench contained two parallel stone basements for mud walls reconstructed as a small room or house, as well as postholes, pits and a contemporary stamped clay floor. A contemporary destruction level with various finds superimposed on this living area. Architectural phases (phase VII and VI) uncovered again areas of occupation, including a stamped clay floor and a platform made of stones. These complexes date to the late Chalcolithic (4th mill. B.C.E.) and probably to the Early Bronze Age 1 (EBA 1). The structures associated with the EBA phases (phase IV and III; 3rd mill. B.C.) are best documented at the southern part of the Höyük. There excavations documented well preserved architectural remains as several multi-room houses.
Methodology
[Forthcoming]
Potential Applications of Data
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Publication Note
Open Context published this dataset as part of a larger data integration project involving participants in the Anatolia Zooarchaeology Working Group (led by Benjamin Arbuckle). The project " Biogeography of Early Domestic Animals using Linked Open Data " was funded with a Computable Data Challenge award from the Encyclopedia of Life. The project published and integrated zooarchaeological data from 13 sites in Turkey, spanning the Epipaleolithic through the Bronze Age. Open Context editors made the integrated and published data in this study available for convenient mass-download in tabular (CSV) form via GitHub .
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Credit for this project's illustrative image Wikimedia (CC-0 Public Domain)
Suggested Citation
Alfred Galik. (2013) "Çukuriçi Höyük Zooarchaeology". Released: 2013-02-25. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/projects/bc90d462-6639-4087-8527-6bb9e528e07d> DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M7D798BQ ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2833n112
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