NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK

Number: 18 January 1, 2015
  • Mücella Erdalkıran
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NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK

Abstract

Bone tools constitute an indispensable group of tools and materials for Prehistoric people in particular. The typolog­ical diversity and quantity of bone tools increased during the Neolithic Period. One of the best examples of this diver­sity are the numerous and various types of bone tools obtainedfrom Layer VI of Barcın Höyük, dated to the Neolithic Period cal. 6000-6600 BC and to "Fikirtepe" and "Pre-Fikirtepe" cultures. Spoons in different sizes constitute the most striking group among them. The spoons, generally made from the metapodial bone of cattle, are composed of a round, oval or poplar leaf-shaped bowl and a circular-sectioned shaft, with a few exceptions. Given the typological characteristics of the tools concerned and my macro-observations, I think the spoons were used to cook food, to eat, and in various kinds of kitchen work. Spoons are among the few tools which continued to be used with different functions after various parts of them had broken off. In this context, the spoons whose bowl tips had broken off were converted into spatulas and the broken bowls into new tools like belt hooks, whereas pins were made from the shafts and providedfor reuse. At Barcın Höyük, bone spoons were generally obtainedfrom various deposits, platforms, pits, and - although much more scarcely - from graves. Analogues of the bone spoons from Barcın Höyük, which offer a comprehensive collection, are known from Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia, from other Neolithic settlements in the Marmara Region, and from Early Neolithic centers in the Balkans

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APA
Erdalkıran, M. (2015). NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi, 18, 25-36. https://izlik.org/JA72FS67GS
AMA
1.Erdalkıran M. NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK. TÜBA-AR. 2015;(18):25-36. https://izlik.org/JA72FS67GS
Chicago
Erdalkıran, Mücella. 2015. “NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi, nos. 18: 25-36. https://izlik.org/JA72FS67GS.
EndNote
Erdalkıran M (January 1, 2015) NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi 18 25–36.
IEEE
[1]M. Erdalkıran, “NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK”, TÜBA-AR, no. 18, pp. 25–36, Jan. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA72FS67GS
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Erdalkıran, Mücella. “NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi. 18 (January 1, 2015): 25-36. https://izlik.org/JA72FS67GS.
JAMA
1.Erdalkıran M. NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK. TÜBA-AR. 2015;:25–36.
MLA
Erdalkıran, Mücella. “NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi, no. 18, Jan. 2015, pp. 25-36, https://izlik.org/JA72FS67GS.
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1.Mücella Erdalkıran. NEOLITHIC BONE SPOONS FROM BARCİN HÖYÜK. TÜBA-AR [Internet]. 2015 Jan. 1;(18):25-36. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA72FS67GS

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