Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 110, 448 Seiten
Reihe: PIHANS
The Ilipinar Excavations, Volume III. With Contributions on Hacilartepe and Mentese
Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 110, 448 Seiten
Reihe: PIHANS
ISBN: 978-90-6258-321-8
Verlag: Peeters Publishers
investigations at Ilipinar in Northwest Anatolia, which were carried out
by the Netherlands Institute at Leiden/Istanbul from 1987 to 2002. The
excavations of Ilipinar supplemented with soundings at nearby Mentese
have yielded new insight into the spread of Neolithic farming from the
Near East to the European continent, and in particular has thrown light
on the position of the eastern Marmara region in terms of intercultural
relations.
In this book emphasis is laid on the inhabitants of prehistoric
Ilipinar, their survival strategies and mortuary practices. The contents
include final reports on the cemeteries dating to the Neolithic-Early
Chalcolithic, Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze periods respectively,
insofar as possible in both the archaeological and anthropological
aspects. Moreover it treats the lowest occupation levels, general
building techniques, faunal and floral remains, pottery and flint
industries in an attempt to present a comprehensive image of human
activity on a mound that intermittently bears vestiges of men over a
time period of 7000 years. It concludes with an account on the fauna of
basal Mentese and a full excavation report on the Early Bronze Age
hamlet of Hacilartepe.