The Galena Objects from Neolithic Ulucak: The Earliest Metallic Finds in Western Turkey

dc.contributor.authorCevik, Ozlem
dc.contributor.authorDirican, Murat
dc.contributor.authorUlubey, Aydin
dc.contributor.authorVuruskan, Osman
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:02:25Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:02:25Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe earliest metal finds in central and eastern Anatolia are small copper and malachite beads dating from the 9th millennium BC onwards. However, the presence of metallic finds in Neolithic contexts from western Anatolia are rarely known. An analysis of metallic finds from Ulucak Hoyuk shows that galena was used at the site from the early 7th millennium BC to the early 6th millennium BC. Objects made of galena from initial phases at the site are considered personal ornaments, while an increasing number of galena lumps in relation to ovens were found in later phases. Thus, galena finds from Ulucak Heorik suggest that at first this raw material seemed to have been perceived as an exotic stone, while a full understanding of its properties may have been developed later.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Trakya University (TUBAP Project) [2017/220]; TUBITAK fellowship [1059B191802282]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. The Ulucak Hoyuk excavation is supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The analyses of metallic finds from Ulucak Hoyuk were funded by Trakya University (TUBAP Project no: 2017/220). The work of Ozlem Cevik for the preparation of this article was also supported by TUBITAK fellowship (1059B191802282) which allowed a study period at La Sapienza University in Rome. We wish to thank Jarrad W. Paul for his kind corrections to the language in this paper.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage23en_US
dc.identifier.issn1301-2746
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85161931250en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage7en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid1125281en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/1125281
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21280
dc.identifier.volume23en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000599173200002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKoc Univ Suna & Inan Kirac Res Ctr Mediterranean Civilizations-Akmeden_US
dc.relation.ispartofAdalyaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGalenaen_US
dc.subjectUlucak Hoyuken_US
dc.subjectNeolithicen_US
dc.subjectPersonal Ornamentsen_US
dc.subjectEvolutionen_US
dc.titleThe Galena Objects from Neolithic Ulucak: The Earliest Metallic Finds in Western Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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