Prelude to village life. Environmental data and building traditions of the Epipalaeolithic settlement at Körtik Tepe, Southeastern Turkey

• Autores: Marion Benz, Katleen Deckers, Corinna Rössner, Alexander Alexandrovskiy, Konstantin Pustovoytov, Mirjam Scheeres, Marc Fecher, Aytaç Coşkun, Simone Riehl, Kurt W. Alt, Vecihi Özkaya
• Localización: Paléorient, ISSN 0153-9345, Vol. 41, Nº. 2, 2015, págs. 9-30
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Recent archaeological discoveries, refinements in genetic analyses and the archaeobotanical data require a reconsideration of the nature of the emergence of sedentary farming communities in Southeastern Turkey. In the rescue excavations prompted by the Batman and Ilısu dam projects several Early Holocene sites were discovered. For the first time, new data from Körtik Tepe now provide detailed evidence of a local Epipalaeolithic origin for these permanent settlements. In this article we summarize the results and analyses of the 2010-2012 excavations as well as palaeopedological and archaeobotanical data of the Younger Dryas layers at Körtik Tepe. Human isotope studies and the archaeological data suggest a permanent occupation of the site and might point to a local primordial adoption of a sedentary lifestyle in this region as early as the 11th millennium BC.