MIDDLE CHALCOLITHIC FINDS FROM DAGDERE IN THE AKHISAR-MANISA REGION

This paper aims to examine a small assemblage of marble objects and related pot sherds identified on the surface of the prehistoric site of Daødere lying about 500 m south of the homonymous village. These finds were collected from the site after the ground subsided due to the modern coal mining activity. The assemblage in general could broadly be dated to the mid fifth millennium BC in the Middle Chalcolithic period. Because all the fragments of marble Kilia figurines, conical rhyta and bowls found on the surface of Daødere once belonged to finished objects, it may be assumed that they were actually imports from the region’s well-known marble workshop site of KulaksÖzlar, located nearly 30 km from the site. Considering the question of who the craftsmen of KulaksÖzlar produced these marble figurines and vessels for, and why these objects appear at places far from their workshop, the Daødere finds could be accepted as archaeological manifestation of intra-regional exchange between the settlers of KulaksÖzlar and other settlements located around it in the Akhisar-Manisa region during the Middle Chalcolithic period. This data complements our knowledge of the existence of a developed network of inter-regional interaction involving the marble products of KulaksÖzlar workshop.

AKHİSAR-MANİSA BÖLGESİNDE DAĞDERE YERLEŞİMİ ORTA KALKOLİTİK BULUNTULARI

Bu çalÖûma Akhisar/Manisa yöresinde Daødere Köyü’ne 500 metre güneyinde tespit edilen ve büyük oranda kömür ocaøÖ faaliyetleri sebebiyle tahrip olan aynÖ adlÖ prehistorik yerleûimde tespit edilen mermer buluntularÖ ve onlarla beraber bulunan çanak çömlek buluntularÖnÖ deøerlendirir. Söz konusu Daødere yüzey buluntularÖ genel anlamda Orta Kalkolitik dönem içinde M.Ö. 5. bin yÖl ortalarÖna tarihlenebilir. Daødere yerleûimi yüzeyinde ele geçen tüm Kilya heykelciøi, konik rhyton ve kase parçalarÖnÖn bitmiû ürünlere ait olmasÖ bu eserlerin yaklaûÖk olarak 30 km uzaklÖkta bulunan bölgenin önemli mermer atölyelerinden KulaksÖzlar ürünü olabileceklerini düûündürmektedir. KulaksÖzlar mermer atölyesi zanaatkârlarÖnÖn mermer heykelcik ve kaplarÖ kim için ürettiøi ve bu ürünlerin neden üretim yerlerinden uzak yerleûimlerde el geçtiøi konusu ilgi çekici olma özelliøini korurken Daødere yerleûimi buluntularÖ bölge içinde Orta Kalkolitik dönemde KulaksÖzlar ve onun çevresinde bulunan yerleûimler arasÖnda bir tür iletiûim aøÖ olduøuna iûaret etmektedir. Bu veri bu bakÖmdan daha önce gösterilen KulaksÖzlar mermer atölyesi ürünlerinin uzak mesafelere daøÖlÖmÖnÖ saølayan bir iletiûim aøÖ dÖûÖnda bölge içinde farklÖ bir iletiûim aøÖnÖn daha parçasÖ olduøunu gösterir.

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