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Social transformations in the Late Neolithic and the Early Chalcolithic periods in central Anatolia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Arkadiusz Marciniak  and
Lech Czerniak
Arkadiusz Marciniak
Affiliation:
University of Poznań
Lech Czerniak
Affiliation:
University of Gdańsk
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Abstract

This article explores the character of social transformations within Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic communities of central Anatolia. This comprises the demise of neighbourhood communities that formed the social basis of the Early Neolithic period and the emergence of the household as a well-defined and autonomous entity. These changes are examined by focusing mainly on settlement patterns, the organisation of space and changes in architecture. The transformations are examined on the microscale, using Çatalhöyük as a case study, and on a regional scale focused on three areas of central Anatolia: the Beyşehir-Seydişehir area, the Konya plain and the Cappadocian region.

Özet

Bu makalede, Orta Anadolu'nun Geç Neolitik ve Erken Kalkolitik toplumlarında yaşanan sosyal dönüşümlerin karakteri araştırılmaktadır. Bu evre, Erken Neolitik Çağın sosyal yapısının temelini oluşturan komşu ilişkilerinin çöküşünü ve sınırları belirlenmiş, özerk bir bütünlüğü simgeleyen aile biriminin ortaya çıkışını içerir. Bu değisimler daha ziyade yerleşim dokusu, alan kullanımı ve mimarideki değişimler üzerine odaklanarak incelenmiştir. Dönüşümler, Çatalhöyük örneği temel alınarak mikro ölçekte, Orta Anadolu'nun üç ayrı bölgesine (Beyşehir-Seydişehir, Konya Ovası ve Kapadokya) odaklanarak da bölgesel ölçekte ele alınmıştır.

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 57 , December 2007 , pp. 115 - 130
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2007

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