A heart-shaped bone artifact from Körtiktepe

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dc.contributor.authorÖzkaya, Vecihi
dc.contributor.authorSıddıq, Abu B.
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-22T14:13:33Z
dc.date.available2025-02-22T14:13:33Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAlong with the emergence of sedentary life, the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) settlements brought revolutionary changes in production of material cultures as well as cultic and ritual activities, which are often argued to be associated with new waves of interactions between humans and their natural world. Körtiktepe of southeastern Turkey yielded by far the richest PPN assemblage in the world, standing among the very few earliest cultural and production centers which acted to be the predecessors of the development and spread of the Neolithic in West Asia. In this paper, we report a heart-shaped bone artifact which is one of the rarest finds in the extremely large cultural assemblage of Körtiktepe. The manufacture features indicate that the “heart-like” shape of this unique artifact was the product of intentional human activity. Overall archaeological context indicates its probable use as a bone pendant or amulet for the dead; providing the fact of its association with three early PPNA burials, many other ritual objects, and a large number of grave goods. Although difficult to argue for its association with the sense for “emotion”, “affection” or “love” in the present world, it is still significant that the unique specimen traces the symbolic presence and ritual use of the shape of a “heart” in West Asian prehistoric context back to the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic of around 10000 cal BC.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.33613/antropolojidergisi.1506823
dc.identifier.endpage74en_US
dc.identifier.issn0378-2891
dc.identifier.issn2687-4296
dc.identifier.issue48en_US
dc.identifier.startpage74en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid1253762en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.33613/antropolojidergisi.1506823
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1253762
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/30076
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAntropolojien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzKA_TR_20250222
dc.subjectSoutheast Anatoliaen_US
dc.subjectheart-shaped artifacten_US
dc.subjectbone pendanten_US
dc.subjectPPNAen_US
dc.subjectKörtiktepeen_US
dc.titleA heart-shaped bone artifact from Körtiktepeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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