A DOMESTIC QUARTER OF LATE CHALCOLITHIC PHASES 3-4 IN ARSLANTEPE

Year 2023, Issue: 33, 39 - 50, 31.12.2023

Francesca Balossi Restelli , Gian Maria Di Nocera , Elisa Biancifiori , Metin Batihan , Meral Başaran Mutlu

https://doi.org/10.22520/tubaar.1277780

Abstract

The paper describes and analyses the domestic quarter in Late Chalcolithic 3-4 Arslantepe (3900/3800-3400 BCE), characterized by the construction and continued use of pebbled streets. The few comparisons with contemporary sites in neighbouring regions testify to a shared tradition of settlement planning and building technology, possibly covering the Upper and Middle Euphrates, Khabur and Upper Mesopotamia in general, even though no real standardization of architecture is seen. Next to the expected house installations and artifacts, ritual pits and burials under the floors of the houses are the expression of the symbolic value embodied by the domestic space. These will be briefly presented and commented.

Keywords

Late Chalcolithic, Settlement planning, Domestic architecture, Upper Euphrates, Domestic burials, Domestic rituality.

ARSLANTEPE GEÇ KALKOLİTİK 3-4 EVRELERİNE AİT DOMESTİK BİR MAHALLE

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Arslantepe’nin Geç Kalkolitik Çağ 3-4 (MÖ 3900/3800-3400) evrelerinde inşa edilen ve çakıl taşlı sokakların sürekli kullanımıyla karakterize edilen domestik mahalle tanımlanmakta ve analiz edilmektedir. Komşu bölgelerdeki çağdaş yerleşmelerle yapılan karşılaştırmalar sayesinde her ne kadar mimaride gerçek bir standartlaşma görülmese de muhtemelen Yukarı ve Orta Fırat, Habur ve Yukarı Mezopotamya’yı kapsayan ortak bir yerleşim planlaması ve inşaat teknolojisi geleneği olduğu anlaşılmaktadır. Ev donanımları ve materyallerin yanı sıra, ev tabanlarının altındaki ritüel çukurlar ve gömütler, domestik mekanın somutlaştırdığı sembolik değerin ifadesi olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Bu çalışmada bahsi geçen bu konular kısaca sunulacak ve yorumlanacaktır.

Keywords

Geç Kalkolitik, Yerleşim planlaması, Konut mimarisi, Yukarı Fırat, Haneiçi gömütler, Haneiçi ritüel.

Supporting Institution

Sapienza Università di Roma

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