Household, Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology: Theoretical and Practical Approaches

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 28 - 49, 30.06.2019

Abdulkadir Özdemir Ayşe Özdemir

Abstract

The aim of this study
is to present the recent theoretical and practical aspects of household
archeology, and spatial analysis methods in archaeology. In this respect,
firstly, the concept of household archeology is defined, and its theoretical
approaches are examined. After that, the current theoretical approaches to the
common and different points of the concepts such as, “space”, “house”,
“household”, “housing” in terms of space and spatial use were evaluated. This
evaluation is followed by a general discussion of the theoretical and practical
studies on the spatial analysis, which constitute the essence of this study. In
addition, the methods used in the spatial analysis in archeology are widely
introduced. Among the spatial analysis methods in archeology;
ethnoarchaeological researches, space syntax analysis, the analysis of house
floor assemblages (spatial distribution of house floor assemblages findings),
microarchaeology and micromorphology, soil chemistry analysis, phytolite
analysis are known to be applied. In the excavations attributed to the
prehistoric period, the introduction of the methods used in the spatial
analysis in the recent times has contributed to the understanding of the
spatial uses of architectural remains in the context of the human-space
relationship.

Keywords

Household Archeology, Space, House, Spatial Analysis, Spatial Use

Arkeolojide Hane, Mekân ve Mekân Analizi: Teorik ve Pratik Yaklaşımlar

Abstract

Bu çalışma Arkeolojide,
hane arkeolojisi ve mekân analiz yöntemlerinin teorik ve pratik yönlerini
ortaya koymaktadır. Bu bakımdan öncelikle hane arkeolojisi kavramı tanımlanarak
bu konuya yapılan teorik yaklaşımlar irdelenmektedir. Bunun ardından, mekân ve
mekânsal kullanım başlığı altında “mekân”, “ev”, “hane”, “konut” gibi
kavramların anlam yönünden ortak ve farklı noktaları konusunda mevcut teorik
yaklaşımlar değerlendirilmektedir. Bu değerlendirmeyi bu çalışmanın da özünü oluşturan
mekân analizi konusunda yapılan teorik ve uygulamalı çalışmalar üzerine genel
bir irdeleme takip etmektedir. Ayrıca arkeoloji dünyasında mekân analizi
çalışmalarında benimsenen yöntemler tanıtılmaktadır. Arkeolojide mekân analizi
yöntemleri arasında; etnoarkeolojik araştırmalar, mekân dizim analizi, taban
dizim analizi (taban buluntularının mekânsal dağılımı), mikroarkeoloji ve
mikromorfoloji, toprak kimyası analizi, fitolit analizi gibi yöntemlerin
uygulandığı bilinmektedir. Prehistorik
döneme atfedilen kazılarda mekân analizinde kullanılan yöntemlerin son
zamanlarda oldukça yoğun uygulanmaya başlanması, insan-mekân ilişkisi
bağlamında, mimari kalıntıların mekânsal kullanımlarının anlaşılmasına katkı
sağlamaktadır.

Keywords

Hane Arkeolojisi, Mekân, Ev, Mekân Analizi, Mekânsal Kullanım

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