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Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin
Abstract
Climate and geography play a significant role in the mobility of people, affecting their economic pursuits, eating and clothing habits, architectural construction techniques, and the selection of building materials. In this context, the geography-climate conditions in which civilizations are born and flourish become the prevailing elements that determine their socio-cultural characteristics. Within this scope, this paper explores and gives a brief evaluation of the Kura-Araxes settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin through key mounds. The earliest findings regarding the urbanism of the archaeological settlements in the region date back to the 4th millennium. However, since the archaeological site was under the Keban and Karakaya Dam Lakes, general assessments about the settlements were made possible only after. Besides, as the rescue excavations were carried out hastily, there was confusion in the evaluation of the results and the comparison of the data. Since the settlements are not fully opened and the inconsistency experienced in the chronological plane still exists, new evaluations need to be made on these key settlements. In this way, landscape analysis of the Kura-Araxes settlements among the key mounds of different scales was carried out and the results regarding the problem of the geographical distribution in the location selection of the settlements were assessed. In addition, even if incomplete, the significant data about the architectural texture of the settlements were evaluated on the common denominator, and the results regarding the factors of geography and climate in the positioning of the settlements were presented.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Archaeology
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 25, 2021
Submission Date
November 15, 2021
Acceptance Date
December 6, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Number: 3
APA
Parlıtı, U., & Caner, E. (2021). Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin. Aras Türkiye Eski Yakın Doğu Araştırmaları Dergisi, 3, 29-53. https://izlik.org/JA63RE55KE
AMA
1.Parlıtı U, Caner E. Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin. TUJANES. 2021;(3):29-53. https://izlik.org/JA63RE55KE
Chicago
Parlıtı, Umut, and Eyüp Caner. 2021. “Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin”. Aras Türkiye Eski Yakın Doğu Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 3: 29-53. https://izlik.org/JA63RE55KE.
EndNote
Parlıtı U, Caner E (December 1, 2021) Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin. Aras Türkiye Eski Yakın Doğu Araştırmaları Dergisi 3 29–53.
IEEE
[1]U. Parlıtı and E. Caner, “Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin”, TUJANES, no. 3, pp. 29–53, Dec. 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA63RE55KE
ISNAD
Parlıtı, Umut - Caner, Eyüp. “Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin”. Aras Türkiye Eski Yakın Doğu Araştırmaları Dergisi. 3 (December 1, 2021): 29-53. https://izlik.org/JA63RE55KE.
JAMA
1.Parlıtı U, Caner E. Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin. TUJANES. 2021;:29–53.
MLA
Parlıtı, Umut, and Eyüp Caner. “Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin”. Aras Türkiye Eski Yakın Doğu Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 3, Dec. 2021, pp. 29-53, https://izlik.org/JA63RE55KE.
Vancouver
1.Umut Parlıtı, Eyüp Caner. Geography and Climate on the Site Selection of Archaeological Settlements: Examples from Kura-Araxes Settlements in the Upper Euphrates-Malatya Basin. TUJANES [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 1;(3):29-53. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA63RE55KE