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PREHISTORIC ANATOLIA THE NEOLITHIC TRANSFORMATION AND THE EARLY CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD JAK YAKAR
MONOGRAPH SERIES OF THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
This publication was made possible through grants from the Georg and Shulamit Majewski [Israel] Endowment Funds Dubin [U.S.A.] Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University
Published by the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, Publications Section
ISBN 965-440-000-6 ©
Copyright 1991 All rights reserved Second printing 1994 Cover by Josef Kapelyan Printed in Israel by 'Graph-Chen' Press Ltd., Jerusalem
CONTENTS
List of Maps
v
List of Figures
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Preface
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Introduction Chapter I
EARLY HOLOCENE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT OF ANATOLIA
Chapter II
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
20
Chapter III
CHRONOLOGY OF THE EARLY VILLAGE CULTURES, 7500-4000 BC
27
Chapter IV
VILLAGE CULTURES IN MAJOR ECOLOGICAL ZONES ZONE A: SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA PALEOECOLOGY THE TIGRIS BASIN THE AREA OF THE UPPER TIGRIS LOWER EUPHRATES BASIN THE EUPHRATES BASIN FROM CARCHEMISH TO HALFETI THE BALIKH VALLEY THE AMUQ PLAIN THE ISLAHIYE PLAIN CHARACTERISTIC REGIONAL TRAITS
ZONE B: EASTERN ANATOLIA PALEOECOLOGY THE MALA TY A PLAIN THE ELAZIG-BINGOL AND TUNCELI REGIONS THE VAN BASIN CHARACTERISTIC REGIONAL TRAITS
ZONE C: THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF ANATOLIA PALEOECOLOGY LYCIA THE ELMALI PLAIN CILICIA CHARACTERISTIC REGIONAL TRAITS
ZONED: THE LAKE DISTRICT (PISIDIA) PALEOECOLOGY THE UPPER MENDERES (MEANDER) AND GEDIZ (HERMOS) VALLEYS
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32 32 32 40 41 57 69 75 83 87 88 99 99 108 112 114 116 120 120 120 126 129 137 139 139 176
THE WESTERN MENDERES VALLEY AND THE AEGEAN COAST
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CHARACTERISTIC REGIONAL TRAITS
178 180 180 222
ZONE E: THE SOUTHERN ANATOLIAN PLATEAU PALEOECOLOGY CHARACTERISTIC REGIONAL TRAITS
ZONE F: EASTERN THRACE AND THE SOUTHERN MARMARA REGION PALEOENVIRONMENT EASTERN THRACE AND THE GELIBOLU PENINSULA TEKIRDAG AREA KU(:UK (:EKMECE AREA SOUTHEASTERN MARMARA COAST IZNIK BASIN THE (:ANAKKALE REGION THE BALIKESIR REGIONS THE ESKISEHIR REGION CHARACTERISTIC REGIONAL TRAITS SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN CULTURE COMPLEXES
Chapter V
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SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES DURING THE NEOLITHIC TRANSFORMATION
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Chapter VI
RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE SYSTEMS
280
Chapter VII
SOCIAL ORGANISATION
287
Chapter VIII
THE HEALTH OF EARLY ANATOLIANS
300
Chapter IX
CULT AND RITUAL
310
Chapter X
CONCLUDING REMARKS
337
List of Abbreviations
345
Bibliography
346
Index
361
LIST OF MAPS Map I: Modern vegetation cover in southwestern Asia. Map II: The principal sources of palynological data used to reconstruct the climatic history of Anatolia and the rest of the Near East, 50,000-6,000 BP. Map III: The maximum extent of pluvial lakes in the Pleistocene era. Map IV: