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Publication Metadata only Reconsidering identity in the halaf world: a study of coarse wares in sixth millennium North Mesopotamia(Koc Univ Suna and inan Kirac Res Ctr Mediterranean Civilizations-akmed, 2017) N/A; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583N/APublication Metadata only Interregional contacts in the halaf period: archaeometric analyses of pottery from Tell Kurdu, turkey(2019) Vsiansky, Dalibor; Gregerova, Miroslava; Kynicky, Jindrich; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583Dating to the sixth millennium BC, the Halaf Period of northern Mesopotamia has long been considered a time of intense interaction and communication. This claim is based on the remarkable similarity that Halaf Period ceramic styles and especially painted pottery motifs show even over great distances. Analyzed for this paper are a series of potsherds from the contemporaneous levels of the site of Tell Kurdu located in the Amuq Valley of southern Turkey. A range of techniques including X-ray diffraction, wet chemical analysis, scanning electron microscopy and microanalysis, and petrography have been used in order to assess the source materials and to infer evidence for imports. Results show that although painted ceramic motifs at Tell Kurdu are Halaf-like in their general style, they are locally made. Moreover, at least one unpainted sherd may indicate that the sixth millennium inhabitants of Tell Kurdu must also have been involved in an inter-regional trade network. The latter conclusion mirrors similar results by other researchers who have consistently shown that ceramics were regularly traded across northern Mesopotamia in the sixth millennium BC.Publication Metadata only Barcın Höyük, a seventh millennium settlement in the Eastern Marmara region of Turkey(Univerza v Ljubljani, 2019) Gerritsen, Fokke; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583Recent excavations at the site of Barcın Höyük provide a detailed view of a settlement founded and inhabited during the early stages of the Neolithic of the Marmara Region of northwestern Anatolia. The occupation history of the site complements and extends further back in time the regional sequence as it had been established for the eastern Marmara Region on the basis of excavations at nearby Mentese, Aktopraklık and Ilıpınar, and Fikirtepe and Pendik in the Istanbul environs. The site of Barcın Höyük is therefore of critical importance for our understanding of the initial neolithisation of northwestern Anatolia. This paper summarizes some of the main findings of the Barcın Höyük excavations with regard to the Neolithic occupation phases.Publication Metadata only Clay preparation and function of the first ceramics in north-west Anatolia: a case study from Neolithic Barcın Höyük(Elsevier, 2017) de Groot, Beatrijs; Thissen, Laurens; Gerritsen, Fokke; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583This article investigates the process of Neolithisation of the eastern Marmara region of north-west Anatolia by discussing the results of a pilot study to define the development of the clay preparation methods of the first ceramics at Barcin Hoyuk. We used petrographic analysis on a sample of sherds (n = 34) from Neolithic levels (c. 6600-6200 cal. BC) at the site, and compared our findings with the ceramic technology of Neolithic settlements in neighbouring regions. The results suggested that the composition of the clays used changed over time, moving from the use of heterogeneous metamorphic clays in the first phase of the settlement, to the extensive use of crushed calcite temper in later phases. The development in clay recipes may have involved changes in the strength, toughness and thermal behaviour of the ceramic vessels when used for cooking or boiling over fire. Although the development of cooking ware is seen in Central Anatolia at about the same time as the beginning of the settlement at Barcin Hoyuk, the use of crushed calcite temper may be specific to the eastern Marmara region and adjacent inland areas. The use of crushed calcite temper may therefore represent a local innovation, although future petrographic studies of early ceramics in Anatolia are necessary to support this interpretation.Publication Metadata only A comparative look at Halaf and Ubaid period social complexity and the Tell Kurdu case(Tuba-Turkish acad Sciences, 2010) N/A; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583While the Uruk Period is generally accepted as the earliest state society in the Near East, Assessing the social, political and economic organization of the antecedent Halaf and Ubaid phases has been a matter of long-standing debate. Over-schematized evolutionary categories like "tribes" or "chiefdoms" provide little resolve in characterizing the socio-political complexity of Near Eastern prehistoty because they fail to account for the variability these phases encompass. This paper invites us to move beyond typological categories, yet considers issues of political economy and explores conscious strategies towards social complexity between these two well-known phases of Near Eastern prehistory. Located in the Hatay province of southern Turkey, Tell Kurdu has relatively wide horizontal exposures dating both to the Halaf-related and to the Ubaid-related phases, providing a unique opportunity to explore at a single settlement the contrasting levels of social complexity in the sixth and fifth millennia BC.Publication Metadata only The earliest neolithic levels at Barcın Höyük, northwestern Turkey(Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO), 2013) Gerritsen, Fokke A.; Thissen, Laurens C.; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583This article presents the current state of research on the two earliest levels encountered at Barcin Höyük, Located in the Yenişehir Plain, Barcin Höyük is excavated as part of a long-term research project on early farming communities in the southern Marmara Region. Even though the exposures are small, excavations have uncovered notable differences between the phases termed VIe and VId. The two phases are compared in terms of pottery traditions, cooking practices, bone tools, beads and stone artifacts, ultimately allowing us to understand some of the key changes that were taking place among the earliest permanently settled communities of this region. The article places the stratigraphy and relative ceramic chronology into a chronological and regional context. Eleven radiocarbon determinations demonstrate that Barcin VIe and VId date to the 66th through 64th centuries BC.Publication Metadata only Neolithic burials from Barcin Höyük: the 2007-2012 excavation seasons(Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO), 2013) Alpaslan Roodenberg, Songül M.; Gerritsen, Fokke A.; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583Excavations at the seventh millennium settlement of Barcin Höyük in NW Anatolia have yielded burials of adults, juveniles and infants. This article reports on 34 burials excavated in the years between 2007 and 2012. Most are single and primary burials, with the body in flexed position on its side. The preferred location to bury adults was in open areas between houses, used also for outdoor activities. Babies in contrast were frequently buried in the rubble of abandoned houses. Grave goods are not numerous and include animal bones and bone implements. Osteological examinations revealed high infant mortality, especially in the 0-3 months range. Coarse food consumption led to bad dental health among adults and juveniles. Among the observed pathological conditions degenerative arthritis was common.Publication Metadata only A petrographic study of selected soils/sediments from sixth millennium BCE levels of the Tell Kurdu site: a contribution to the definition of technosols(Springer Heidelberg, 2020) Akca, Erhan; Kadir, Selahattin; Kapur, Selim; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583N/APublication Metadata only Barcın Höyük and the beginnings of farming in the Marmara Region(Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 2013) Gerritsen, Fokke; Thissen, Laurens; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583This article provides a summary of the preliminary results of the excavations of the Neolithic levels at Barc n Höyük, located in the Yeniflehir Valley of Bursa province. The stratigraphy and architecture, ceramics, absolute dates, lithics as well as other small finds are presented. Barc n Höyük provides an uninterrupted ceramic and stratigraphic sequence that takes our present chronology for the region to levels earlier than those known from other sites, thereby contributing to our knowledge about the development of pottery and architectural styles. The paper concludes with brief remarks on the role that Barc n Höyük may have played in the process of Neolithization and the origins of agriculture and sedentism in the Marmara Region. / Bu makale Bursa İli, Yenişehir Ovasında bulunan Neolitik Dönem kazılarının ön sonuçlarını ve özellikle gün ışığına çıkarılan stratigrafi ve mimariyi, çanak çömlekleri, mutlak tarihleri, yontma taş teknolojisini ve küçük buluntuları özet şekilde sunmaktadır. Barcın Höyükün kesintisiz seramik ve stratigrafik kronolojisi sayesinde bölgedeki diğer höyüklerden daha eskiye tarihlenen tabakalara ulaşılmıştır. Dolayısıyla bölgenin bilinen mevcut kronolojisine gerek çanak çömlek açısından gerekse mimari tarz açısından yeni bilgiler eklenmiştir. Makale Barcın Höyükün Marmara bölgesinin Neolitikleşme yani yerleşik hayata ve tarıma geçiş sürecindeki rolü hakkında kısa yorum niteliğinde düşünceler ile sonuçlanmaktadır.Publication Metadata only New observations for the late chalcolithic settlement at Barcın Höyük(Brill, 2017) Özbal, Hadi; Gerritsen, Fokke; Bıyık, Ayla Türkekul; Doğan, Turhan; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583The Late Chalcolithic Period in northwestern Anatolia has been encountered to date only at a very few sites. The excavations at Barcın Höyük in Bursa province have produced evidence for a small settlement which appears encircled by a ditch dating to the early fourth millennium bc. Complementing an earlier report on these remains, this paper presents two recently excavated large ovens located outside the main settlement area. The discovery of these ovens has implications for our understanding of the settlement organization. Small finds of bone, clay, stone and metal are also presented in this paper. The report on the metal artifacts and the ceramics has been further supplemented by archaeometric results. Three copper alloy objects are interesting for demonstrating that metal objects circulated in a small farming settlement located in a region apparently lacking central places of production and trade. Moreover, discussed are the lipid residue analyses on Late Chalcolithic potsherds. Their analysis yielded positive results and shows that pots were used for cooking meat-ruminant as well as porcine-and milk, which corresponds well with Barcın Höyük's faunal repertoire. 2017 Brill Academic Publishers. .