Local trend of symbolism at the dawn of the Neolithic: The painted bone plaquettes from PPNA Kortiktepe, Southeast Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorSiddiq, Abu B.
dc.contributor.authorSahin, Feridun S.
dc.contributor.authorOzkaya, Vecihi
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T16:10:52Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T16:10:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe PPNA site of Kortiktepe in the Upper Tigris Basin yielded one of the richest Pre-Pottery Neolithic assemblages in Western Asia. The site also stands among a few key Epipalaeolithic-Neolithic transitional centers that played vital roles in the origin and evolution of Neolithic symbolism in Upper Mesopotamia. The site was occupied from the second half of the 11th millennium BCE, and throughout much of the 10th millennium BCE the sedentary hunter-gatherers at Kortiktepe engaged in a socio-symbolic organization with elaborate funerary practice and extensive manufacture of symbolic artifacts, including figurative plaquettes, engraved stone vessels, incised shaft straighteners with elaborate designs, scepters, and large assemblages of beads, mostly unearthed from c2000 intra-site burials. No other PPN site has yielded such an extensive number of burial remains and grave goods. Here, we present a group of painted bone plaquettes displaying morphological features and some imagery so far not seen at any other Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in Western Asia. Assessing the specimens in light of the wider symbolic practices among the first Neolithic societies, we argue that Kortiktepe was an important center of symbolic trend at the dawn of the Neolithic in the Upper Tigris Basin.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMinistry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkeyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe owe our acknowledgement to our colleagues and students of Kortiktepe project team for their cooperation and endless efforts. We present our sincere thanks to the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey, for their kind support for Kortiktepe project. We thank Robert Bettinger and the anonymous reviewers for their kind support and suggestions to improve the manuscript.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ara.2021.100280
dc.identifier.issn2352-2267
dc.identifier.issn2352-2275
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85103736313
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2021.100280
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/15161
dc.identifier.volume26en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000663432600004
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofArchaeological Research in Asia
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectKortiktepeen_US
dc.subjectPre-Pottery Neolithicen_US
dc.subjectTenth Millennium Bcen_US
dc.subjectPainted Bone Plaquetteen_US
dc.subjectPpna Funerary Ritualen_US
dc.subjectFigurative Arten_US
dc.subjectUpper Tigris Basinen_US
dc.subjectSoutheast Turkeyen_US
dc.titleLocal trend of symbolism at the dawn of the Neolithic: The painted bone plaquettes from PPNA Kortiktepe, Southeast Turkeyen_US
dc.titleLocal trend of symbolism at the dawn of the Neolithic: The painted bone plaquettes from PPNA Kortiktepe, Southeast Turkey
dc.typeArticleen_US

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