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Eastern Anatolian obsidians at Çatalhöyük and the reconfiguration of regional interaction in the Early Ceramic Neolithic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Tristan Carter ,
Stéphan Dubernet ,
Rachel King ,
François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec ,
Marina Milić ,
Gérard Poupeau  and
M. Steven Shackley
Tristan Carter
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, CNH 524, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, LS8 4L9, Ontario, Canada
Stéphan Dubernet
Affiliation:
IRAMAT-CRP2A, UMR 5060 CNRS-Université Bordeaux 3, Maison de l'Archéologie, Esplanade des Antilles, 33607 Pessac, France
Rachel King
Affiliation:
Archaeology Center, Building.500, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec
Affiliation:
IRAMAT-CRP2A, UMR 5060 CNRS-Université Bordeaux 3, Maison de l'Archéologie, Esplanade des Antilles, 33607 Pessac, France
Marina Milić
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Belgrade, Čika Ljubina 18–20, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Gérard Poupeau
Affiliation:
IRAMAT-CRP2A, UMR 5060 CNRS-Université Bordeaux 3, Maison de l'Archéologie, Esplanade des Antilles, 33607 Pessac, France UMR 5198 CNRS-Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département de Préhistoire, Musée de l'Homme, 17 Place du Trocadéro, 75016 Paris, France
M. Steven Shackley
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology/Berkeley Archaeological XRF Lab, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3710, USA
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Abstract

A small group of exotic obsidian blades supplied from over 600km distant reached a particular area of the East Mound at Çatalhöyük in the Early Ceramic Neolithic (7000-6300 cal BC). The authors explore a variety of explanations and contexts, including changes in technology, agricultural expansion, gift exchange, bride-wealth and incomers from the east.

Keywords

Eastern AnatoliaÇatalhöyükNeolithicBingölNemrut Dağobsidian sourcing
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Antiquity , Volume 82 , Issue 318 , December 2008 , pp. 900 - 909
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2008

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