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E-book Plant Food Processing Tools at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe

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Functional analyses are the focus of this study. They were conducted partly using classical methods of use-wear analysis like macroscopical and microscopical optical analyses. The use of tactile analyses on the other hand is new. Also new are methods to differentiate between products of cereal processing and meals made of cereals, and quantification methods of wear. Shape and surface deformations are primarily analyzed and used as parameters for the functional interpretation; contextual information was used in addition.Experimental programs, which were designed to follow the characteristics of the finds, were carried out to secure the analysis. The reference collection is held in Museum Village Düppel, Berlin.Optical and chemical analyses on residues, particularly phytoliths, sediments and samples from surfaces and walls of grinding stones and stone vessels were carried out as part of the project. They support the arguments presented here but are not the basis of the functional interpretation.Specific content and structureThe core of this study is the analyses of the handstones, pestles, netherstones and stone containers from Göbekli Tepe presented in chapters 4-7. A short overview on the architecture and stratigraphy, necessary for the understanding of the contextual discussion is presented in chapter 2.Next to find analysis, another important pillar of the work is chapter 3 which presents the methods and experiments in detail. The study concludes with a discussion in chapter 8 of the results and of their impact on the interpretation of the site and the wider regions it is situated in from the new points of view generated by the research. All relevant data are presented in the attached tables and images, both as text and as plates. Surprisingly, the impressive amount of GPT as integral part of the find inventory of Göbekli Tepe was not analyzed until now and has played no role in the much discussed and partly speculative interpretation of the site. The main explanation for this research gap is the previous focus of the research on other topics, including the monumental architecture and its symbolism. The special character of the site, its unusually large size, expressively male imagery, hunters and hunt as basis of the subsistence dominated the discourse on Göbekli Tepe. This image changes to some degree with the present study, which brings into attention an almost unknown economic and social dimension of the site. A second explanation for the research gap at Göbekli Tepe lies in the character of the objects analyzed here. Grinding stones, for different reasons, are usually neglected in archaeological analysis. This study lists and describes several thousands of GPT and stone containers, including metrical data and photographic illustration of a selection of finds, constituting the most comprehensive study for Anatolia and the Northern Levant by now. It underlines the importance of the GPT and stone containers in the interpretation of an archaeological site. Certainly, numerous studies at other sites will follow and the data presented here can then be used for comparison to investigate foodways in the wider region.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

930.1 DIE p

Penerbit

: Archaeopress Publishing., 2021

Deskripsi Fisik

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Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781803270937

Klasifikasi

930.1

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text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Archaeology

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