Behind the wall: Macrolithic artifacts as testing tools for activities and social structure on a Middle Chalcolithic site in Central Anatolia

dc.authorid0000-0001-8651-3496
dc.authorid/0009-0006-4100-6339
dc.authorid0000-0003-2419-0139
dc.authorid0000-0003-0833-5764
dc.authorid000-0001-6118-9319
dc.contributor.authorŘídký, Jaroslav
dc.contributor.authorDoležalová, Kristina
dc.contributor.authorPilař, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorÇaylı, Pınar
dc.contributor.authorDemirtaş, Işıl
dc.contributor.authorGülçur, Sevil
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-11T06:53:25Z
dc.date.available2025-07-11T06:53:25Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentSabire Yazıcı Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi
dc.description.abstractThe main focus of this work is an assemblage of nearly two thousand macrolithic artifacts, weighing more than half a metric ton, retrieved from an excavated area measuring 3,600 m2 of the Middle Chalcolithic site of Güvercinkayası, which dates from the end of the 6th and first half of the 5th millennium cal BCE. The site is ideal for testing different analytical approaches due to the extent of the excavated area, the good preservation of structures and finds, the site layout and the fact that the site is divided into two parts by a fortification wall. Macrolithic artifacts were divided into ten classes according to the method of manufacture, raw materials, shapes and dimensions, and their functional use. Several examples were chosen for use-wear analysis of the active surfaces. The Middle Chalcolithic period in Central Anatolia represents the end of previous Neolithic traditions in architecture and ways of life. Therefore, the main objective of our work is to present the assemblage from this period, and further to test the information potential of these artifacts for studying the activities and social structure of settlements. The shape spectrum of the assemblage largely corresponds to the Neolithic period. It differs mainly in the proportion of some shapes and functional types present. In addition, certain artifacts appear to indicate the existence of some form of counting system or board game. Based on the results of the study of macrolithic artifacts and their statistical and spatial analysis, it is clear that the composition of artifacts and access to raw materials was similar in different parts of the settlement. The inhabitants of the Middle Chalcolithic site created a settlement with a regular layout, which at a certain time was divided into two parts. However, the results of our analyses do not demonstrate any significant patterns that would testify to vertical social stratification of the society living within this settlement.
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0319698
dc.identifier.issn19326203
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.pmid40228024
dc.identifier.scopus105002754618
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319698
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/13254
dc.identifier.volume20
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001466914300002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorDemirtaş, Işıl
dc.institutionauthorid000-0001-6118-9319
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS ONE
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectAncient
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleBehind the wall: Macrolithic artifacts as testing tools for activities and social structure on a Middle Chalcolithic site in Central Anatolia
dc.typeArticle

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