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Chapter 13 - Aegean Turkey from the Mid-7th to Early 6th Millennium cal BC

A Tale of Change within Continuity

from Part III - Aegean and Marmara

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2022

By
Çiler Çilingiroğlu
Edited by
Peter F. Biehl  and
Eva Rosenstock
Peter F. Biehl
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Eva Rosenstock
Affiliation:
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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Summary

This chapter focuses on the changes in several key aspects of daily life in prehistoric societies from the mid-7th to early 6th millennium cal BC in Aegean Turkey. Archaeological investigations in the region, primarily at Ulucak in Izmir, attest that abrupt cultural changes, fundamentally altering the way of life, did not occur during the time period in question. On the contrary, cultural components evolved gradually and novel elements continuously appeared in different spheres of life. By focusing on subsistence patterns, storage practices, shifts in settlement layout, clues of social differentiation, ritual practices and involvement in exchange networks, this chapter aims to demonstrate that epoch-making, sudden changes induced by natural or external social agents are not identifiable in the archaeological record.

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Storage practicesStampsRitual depositionsExchange networks
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6000 BC
Transformation and Change in the Near East and Europe
 , pp. 213 - 230
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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