An Archaeological Survey Of The Keban Reservoir Area Of East-central Turkey (memoirs Of The Museum Of Anthropology, University Of Michigan)

In this volume, author Robert Whallon reports on the results of an archaeological survey in east central Turkey. The crew found dozens of sites representing about 6,000 years of occupation, from the Early Chalcolithic (4500 BC) to the Ottoman period (roughly AD 1500). Included are drawings and detailed descriptions of the many ceramic wares recovered, as well as site maps and a thorough analysis of settlement patterns. Contents Figures Tables Plates Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Survey Introduction The Survey Area Location and topography Climate Vegetation Fauna Mineral resources Archaeological Survey Previous investigations Initial survey Intensive survey Survey coverage Site numbering system Site recording Controlled surface collection Summary of sites found, recorded and collected Chapter 2: The Pottery Introduction Ceramic Wares Chalcolithic Ware Graphite Slipped Ware Cream Chaff Ware Late Chalcolithic Grit Tempered Ware Reserved Slip Ware Plain Simple Ware Fine Grooved Ware Early Bronze Age Burnished Ware Early Bronze Age Relief Decorated Ware Early Bronze Age Lids Early Bronze Age Polished Ware Early Bronze Age Red Slipped Ware Early Beonze Age Plain Ware Early Bronze Age Thick Ware Early Bronze Age Red Painted Ware Early Bronze Age Black Painted Ware Middle Bronze Age Gritty Ware Old Hittite Gray Ware Old Hittite Light Faced Gray Ware Old Hittite Black Faced Gray Ware Middle Bronze Age Gray Ware Hittite Red Ware Hittite Plain Ware Hittite Fine Ware Hittite Thick Ware Hittite Exterior Wheel-Marked Ware Hittite Buff-Orange Burnished Ware Hittite Chaff Faced Ware Hittite Orange Smoothed Ware Hittite Red-Brown Burnished Ware Hittite Brown Burnished Ware Hittite White Slipped Ware Hittite Painted Ware Hittite Brown Gritty Cooking Ware Iron Age Ware Iron Age Painted Ware Iron Age Thick Ware Medieval Brick Ware Medieval Thick Ware Medieval Coarse Ware Medieval Glazed Ware Medieval Sgraffiato Ware Medieval Red Slipped Ware Medieval White Slipped Ware Medieval Painted Ware Medieval Cooking Ware Medieval Modeled Ware Roman Red Ware Definition of Chronological Periods Chapter 3: The Sites Introduction N52/1 (Taskun Mevkii) N52/2 (Taskun Kalesi) N52/3 (Fatmali-Kalecik) N52/4 (Asvan Kalesi) N52/5 (Pulur) N52/6 (Kalaycik) N52/7 N52/8 N52/9 (Cay Boyu) N52/10 N52/11 N53/1 N53/3 (Hanibrahimsah) N55/1 O54/1 (Tulin Tepe) O54/2 (Tepecik) O54/3 (Degirmen Tepe) O54/4 O54/5 O54/6 O54/7 (Konk) O54/8 (Norsun Tepe) O54/9 O54/10 O54/11 O54/12 O54/13 O54/14 O54/15 O54/16 O54/17 O54/18 O54/19 O54/20 O54/21 O54/22 O54/23 O54/24 O54/25 O54/26 O54/27 O54/28 O55/1 (Korucu Tepe) O55/2 O55/3 (Boy Tepe) O55/4 O55/5 O55/6 O55/7 O55/8-9 (Habusu Kortepe) O55/10 Chapter 4: Settlement Patterns Estimation of Occupation Area Geographical Bases of Settlement Pattern Defining Settlement Patterns Early Chalcolithic Halaf Late Chalcolithic Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age Transitional Early Bronze Age I-II Early Bronze Age IIIA Early Bronze Age IIIB Middle Bronze Age Late Bronze Age (Hittite) Iron Age Hellenistic-Roman Medieval (Byzantine-Selcuk) Medieval (Ottoman-Recent and Unspecified) Population Trends Chapter 5: Evaluation of Controlled Surface Collection Comparison Among Methods Comparison of Survey and Excavation Results O54/2 (Tepecik) O54/8 (Norsun Tepe) N52/2 (Taskun Kalesi) N52/3 (Fatmali-Kalecik) O54/3 (Degirmen Tepe) N52/1 (Taskun Mevkii) N52/4 (Asvan Kalesi) N52/9 (Cay Boyu) O55/8-9 (Habusu Kortepe) N52/5 (Pulur) N52/6 (Kalaycik) N53/3 (Hanibrahimsah) Summary Bibliography Appendix Sherd Counts of the Wares Recovered by the Controlled Collections in the Keban Resevoir Survey