Technology, Economy and Subsistence in 5th Millennium BC Communinities in Coastal Aegean: The Case of Kababurun
Project no. 20124 · Status: Kapanmış · 2019
Summary
Karaburun Archaeological Survey Project (KASP) discovered a Chalcolithic site in 2016. The site contains a rich assemblage of archaeological finds. The detailed analysis of pottery, chipped stones, ground stones and other objects from the site provides new information of the settlement patterns, pottery technology, lithics industry and subsistence activities. The radiocarbon samples taken from the archaeological deposit at the site produced results that indicate two distinct temporal horizons at the site. An earlier occupation dates to ca. 3400-3000 cal. BCE whereas a later horizon dates to ca. 2900-2800 cal. BCE. These two clusters of absolute dates indicate that the site was occupied during the Late Chalcolithic and then in the Early Bronze Age 1 period. Our investigation showed that Kababurun LC-EBA community exploited local raw materials, took advantage of various environmental resources and was a food-producing agro-pastoral community which also relied on marine resources. The pottery from the site shows parallels with sites in the Izmir Region such as Liman Tepe, Bakla Tepe and Çukuriçi. On the other hand, the absence of extra-local raw materials such as Melian obsidian at the site may suggest that this community did not actively or regularly participate in Aegean networks of exchange.