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New discoveries concerning the relationship between the upper Tigris region and Syro-Cilicia in the Late Neolithic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Halil Tekin
Halil Tekin
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Hacettepe University
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Abstract

Until recently, few excavations had been undertaken in the upper Tigris region. Çayönü was the only site from the Pottery Neolithic period that had been thoroughly investigated. Since 1998, excavations have taken place at a number of sites within the area due to be flooded by the construction of the Ilısu dam. One of these sites, Hakemi Use, is the only settlement from the Hassuna and Samarran periods that has been excavated in this region. A large group of Syro-Cilician sherds, showing close relations to both regions in the sixth millennium BC, was found.

Özet

Yukarı Dicle bölgesinde yakın zamana kadar Çayönü, seramikli Neolitik için tek referans merkezi konumundaydı. Bölgede, Ilısu Barajı dolum alanında kalacak kültürel varlıkları kurtarma projesi kapsamında 1998 yılında başlatılan arkeolojik çalışmalar sayesinde yeni seramikli Neolitik yerlşimlerinin kazısı gerçekleştirilmektedir. Bunlardan birisi olan Hakemi Use, bölgede Hassuna-Samarra dönemlerinin temsilcisidir. Burada ele geçrilen çok sayıdaki seramik parçası sayesinde MÖ 6. binyılda Yukarı Dicle ile Suriye-Kilikya arasında yakın bir ilişkinin varlığı saptanmıştır.

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 57 , December 2007 , pp. 161 - 169
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2007

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