Investigating Neolithic ecology and settlement networks in the Konya Plain : integrated micro-contextual analysis of buildings and open areas at CÌ§atalhoÌyuÌk East, Boncuklu HuÌyuÌk, and PÄ±narbasÌ§Ä±
This PhD research focuses on the investigation of local developments in sedentism, ecological strategies, and site networks in Central Turkey through the microstratigraphic study of buildings, middens, and open areas at the Neolithic sites of Boncuklu HuÌyuÌk (9th-8th millennium BC cal), CÌ§atalhoÌyuÌk (8th-6th millennium BC cal), and PÄ±narbasÌ§Ä± (9th-7th millennium BC cal). To examine the relationship between Neolithic subsistence economy and settlement dynamics at high resolution it is necessary to investigate the nature, distribution, and periodicity of accumulated micro-residues derived from daily activities, as well as the technological choices expressed in floor construction materials. Thus, a geoarchaeological study appears as the most suitable approach to this problem, as it provides us with the tools to explore questions of ecology and society at multiple analytical scales, tying environmental data from the surrounding landscape to excavated on-site evidence for subsistence. This research has entailed, firstly, the microstratigraphic excavation of a building at CÌ§atalhoÌyuÌk to experiment with field, recording, and sampling strategies of finely laminated sequences. Second, a micromorphological
Garcia-Suarez, Aroa
Investigating Neolithic ecology and settlement networks in the Konya Plain : integrated micro-contextual analysis of buildings and open areas at CÌ§atalhoÌyuÌk East, Boncuklu HuÌyuÌk, and PÄ±narbasÌ§Ä±. This PhD research focuses on the investigation of local developments in sedentism, ecological strategies, and site networks in Central Turkey through the microstratigraphic study of buildings, middens, and open areas at the Neolithic sites of Boncuklu HuÌyuÌk (9th-8th millennium BC cal), CÌ§atalhoÌyuÌk (8th-6th millennium BC cal), and PÄ±narbasÌ§Ä± (9th-7th millennium BC cal). To examine the relationship between Neolithic subsistence economy and settlement dynamics at high resolution it is necessary to investigate the nature, distribution, and periodicity of accumulated micro-residues derived from daily activities, as well as the technological choices expressed in floor construction materials. Thus, a geoarchaeological study appears as the most suitable approach to this problem, as it provides us with the tools to explore questions of ecology and society at multiple analytical scales, tying environmental data from the surrounding landscape to excavated on-site evidence for subsistence. This research has entailed, firstly, the microstratigraphic excavation of a building at CÌ§atalhoÌyuÌk to experiment with field, recording, and sampling strategies of finely laminated sequences. Second, a micromorphological
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