Neolitik Boncuklu Höyük’te Taş Boncuk Üretimi ve Kullanımı İle İlgili Bulgular

MÖ 9. bin sonu ile 8. bin yıllarına tarihlenen Boncuklu Höyük erken Neolitik Dönem yerleşimi Orta Anadolu’da Konya Ovasında yer almaktadır. Buluntu yeri, erken dönem yerleşik yaşamı, oval mimarisi, avcılık ve toplayıcılık aktiviteleri ile geniş bir alan boyunca olan ilişkileri hakkında verdiği bilgiler bakımından ilgi çekmektedir. Kullanılan detaylı kazı tekniği, özel aktivitelerin gerçekleştiği alanlar gibi yaşam biçimlerini anlamayı mümkün kılmaktadır. Boncuklu’daki 5 sezonluk kazı çalışmalarından sonra höyük, taş boncuk ve kolye tanelerinin erken Neolitik dönemde nasıl üretilmiş ve kullanılmış oldukları hakkında bilgi verebilmektedir. Yerleşim yerinin erken tarihi ve daimi yerleşik yaşamın erken evrelerinde gerçekleşen sosyal değişimler teknoloji ve üretim uygulamaları çalışmalarını ilginç kılmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Teknoloji, Boncuklar, Neolitik, zanaat uzmanlaşması

Findings Relating to the Manufacture and Use of Stone Beads at Neolithic Boncuklu Höyük

After five seasons’ work at Boncuklu Höyük it became clear that the site could tell us something about how stone beads were made and used in the early Neolithic. The early date of the site 8200-7700 BC and the social changes that occurred during the incipient stages of permanent sedentary settlement make study of technology and manufacturing practices particularly interesting. The site is unusual in having no easy access to stone sources, the nearest of which is located at a distance of 20km from the site. Archaeological evidence shows that bead manufacture took place at the site, and there are indications that raw material procurement included engagement with a broad area of the surrounding Konya Plain in Central Turkey. There is a wide variety of stone bead forms at Boncuklu, although the majority of the assemblage consists of stone disc beads which vary little in size or form but are made from a variety of stone types.

Keywords:

Technology Beads, Neolithic, Recycling, craft specialization,

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