UDK 903'i2/'i5(560-i4)"633/634":3i4.i7:55i.58i.2 Documenta Praehistorica XXXV (2008) Warfare in Late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic Pisidia, southwestern Turkey. Climate induced social unrest in the late 7th millennium calBC Lee Clare1, Eelco J. Rohling2, Bernhard Weninger1, Johanna Hilpert3 1 Universität zu Köln, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Radiocarbon Laboratory, Köln, D lclare@smail.uni-koeln.de 2 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK 3 Universität zu Köln, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Köln, D ABSTRACT - This paper proposes an association between climate forcing connected with the 8200 calBP 'climate event' and a postulated phase of internecine warfare and population collapse at Late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic sites in Pisidia, southwestern Turkey. A summary of this evidence is pro- vided and a hypothetical scenario considered in the context of contemporaneous developments in neighbouring regions. IZVLEČEK - V članku predlagamo povezavo med klimatskimi anomalijami - 8200 calBP 'klimatskim dogodkom' in postulirano fazo morilskih spopadov in populacijskega kolapsa v pozno neolitskih/ zgodnje halkolitskih najdiščih v Pisidiji, v jugozahodni Turčiji. Predstavljeni so dokazi ter razmislek o hipotetičnem scenariju dogajanja v kontekstu sočasnega razvoja v sosednjih regijah. KEY WORDS - 8200 calBP 'climate event'; Anatolia; warfare; GIS-analysis; Neolithisation Introduction The past few years have seen the publication of a number of papers in which human reactions to cli- mate forcing at the time of the 8200 calBP 'climate event' have been discussed. These have focused not only on potential implications for contemporaneous Neolithic communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, and its possible outcome on Neolithisation processes (Weninger et al. 2005; 2006), but have also consi- dered temporal correlations with developments in Late Neolithic Cilicia and the Balikh valley (Clare et al. in press), as well as Mesolithic and/or transitio- nal Neolithic cultures in western, north-western, cen- tral and south-eastern parts of Europe (Weninger et al. this volume; Weninger et al. 2007; Budja 2007). In the following, emphasis is on the geographical region of south-western Anatolia (ancient Pisidia), which in the late seventh millennium calBC was a centre of emerging 'western' painted pottery (Haci- lar) traditions1. Excavations at four contemporane- ous sites in Pisidia (Hacilar, Kurugay Höyük, Höyü- cek Höyük, Bademagaci Höyük) have produced evi- dence for the erection of fortifications, episodes of destruction through burning, and large scale confla- grations, all of which coincide with the 8200 calBP 'climate event'. In this paper it is argued that these may be connected with episodes of warfare triggered by the effects of altered climatic conditions in the late seventh millennium calBC. 1 At roughly the same time, the 'eastern' painted ware tradition, or Halaf culture, was developing under the influence of Hassuna and Samarra in the Middle Euphrates region (cf. Cruells & Nieuwenhuyse 2004). Although a causal relationship between prehistoric warfare and climate change is certainly nothing new, and has been discussed for a number of years by researchers with a focus on the American South- west (e.g. Haas 1990; Haas and Creamer 1993; Le- Blanc 1999), as far as we are aware, this is the first time that such a hypothesis has been proposed for the Late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic period in the Anatolian landscape of Pisidia. Climate change around 8200 calBP The period around 8200 calBP is marked by distinct climate change on large, Northern Hemispheric or even global, scales (for reviews, see Alley et al. 1997; Mayewski et al. 2004; Rohling and Pälike 2005; Alley and Agüstsdottir 2005). In Greenland ice-core stable oxygen isotope data of the ice itself, there is a sharp 'event' that stands out from a largely 'stable' Holocene time-series, and it was first considered as a widespread abrupt climate change event in Alley et al. (1997). Based on the recently updated layer- counted timescale for Greenland ice cores, the apex of this event is dated at 8190 calBP, with a counting uncertainty of 47 yr (Rasmussen et al. 2006). Tho- mas et al. (2007) investigated the event in the ice cores in great detail, and concluded that it began at 8247 calBP and ended at 8086 calBP, with a central peak event between 8212 and 8141 calBP. At the Greenland summit, the observed oxygen isotope ano- maly may imply about 6 ± 2 °C cooling (Alley et al. 1997). The North Atlantic record The 8200 calBP climate event has been ascribed to catastrophic flooding from glacial lakes Agassiz and Ojibway into the North Atlantic during the terminal demise of the Laurentide ice sheet, dated at 8470 ± 300 calBP (likely due to ice-dam collapse) (Barber et al. 1999). It was suggested that the freshwater re- lease into the North Atlantic temporarily reduced, or even shut down, the formation of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW), resulting in reduced oceanic northward heat transport and consequent cooling around the North Atlantic (DeVernal et al. 1997; Alley et al. 1997). Increasingly sophisticated model- ling studies show good apparent agreement between the impacts of freshwater-related reduction of NADW formation and the changes inferred from observa- tions on hemispheric to global scales, and also that the climate impacts would develop within a few de- cades after the freshwater flooding event (Renssen et al. 2002; 2007; Bauer et al. 2004; Alley and Agüsts- dottir 2005; Wiersma and Renssen 2006; LeGrande et al. 2006). Studying a marine sediment core from Gardar Drift, where they can constrain the Iceland-Scotland Over- flow Water (ISOW) component of NADW, Ellison et al. (2006) infer from stable oxygen isotope data a main freshening pulse in the North Atlantic close to the 8470 calBP timing of the Agassiz/Ojibway flood. They compare this with ISOW flow rates based on sortable silt data that are co-registered with their oxygen isotope data in the same sample archive. The sortable silt values indicate an onset of ISOW weakening around 8450 calBP, with a gradual de- cline leading to the weakest ISOW interval at about 8260-8050 calBP. These results are rather puzzling, since all models suggest that the NADW (including ISOW) response would have occurred within a few decades of the flood. In the models, the NADW slow- down then results in a sharp cool event around the North Atlantic. However, in the dataset of Ellison et al. (2006), there is a first cool spike centred on about 8490 calBP (spanning roughly 8550-8450 calBP), followed by a more distinct cool event that spans the interval 8380-8260 calBP. The latter immedi- ately pre-dates (without overlap) a rapid reduction to lowest ISOW flow intensity, which spans the inter- val 8260-8050 calBP (see Figure 3 of Ellison et al. 2006). The data of Ellison et al. (2006) therefore pose some challenging questions: (1) Why did it take some two centuries after the main flooding event before ISOW flow was minimised, when models suggest there should be an almost instantaneous response? (2) Why does their main cold event appear to pre- date the ISOW flow minimum, instead of the expect- ed reversed or virtually synchronous relationship? These questions cannot be brushed aside on the basis of dating uncertainties, since all the records of Ellison et al. (2006) are co-registered in a single sample ar- chive, so that relative phase relationships are fixed. Kleiven et al. (2007) emphasise that ISOW is just one component of NADW, and that the complete NADW signature should be considered when comparing data with models for the 8200 calBP climate event. They endeavour to do so by studying a marine sedi- ment core from Eirik Drift, at the southern tip of Greenland, which records information from the total combined Nordic Seas overflow. Kleiven et al. (2007) find a single event of NADW weakening, which they date between 8380 and 8270 calBP, in close agree- ment with the main cooling event that Ellison et al. (2006) correlate to the actual 8200 calBP event. It is also within dating errors of both the 8247-8086 calBP age of the cold event in Greenland ice cores (Thomas et al. 2007) and the 8470 ± 300 calBP age of the Agassiz/Ojibway flood (Barber et al. 1999). Kleiven et al. (2007) assert that their results confirm the scenario of flooding leading to NADW weakening and consequent climatic cooling (with only minor delays in between these stages), as seen in model- ling experiments (e.g. Renssen et al. 2002; 2007; Bauer et al. 2004; Alley and Agüstsdottir 2005; Wiersma and Renssen 2006; LeGrande et al. 2006). Note that this would imply that the onset of the gradual ISOW flow reduction at about 8500 calBP (Ellison et al. 2006) predated by more than a cen- tury the sharp flood-related '8200 calBP' cool event (8380-8260 calBP in Ellison et al. 2006). The first microfossil evidence of surface cooling in fact starts even earlier, around 8550 cal BP, in the records of Ellison et al. (2006) (their Figure 3). Even more in- triguing, the ISOW flow minimum postdates the main 8380-8260 calBP cold event that Ellison et al. (2006) correlate to the actual 8200 calBP event, and hence the period of minimum total composite NADW influence over Eirik Drift noted by Kleiven et al. (2007). Clearly, relationships are by no means sim- ple between the flooding, ISOW intensity at Gardar Drift, composite NADW intensity at Eirik Drift, and the (potentially complex) climate responses. While the short and sharp composite NADW reduction at Eirik Drift would seem to be related to the flooding event in a manner expected from modelling experi- ments (Kleiven et al. 2007), the Gardar Drift records of ISOW seem to be telling us about more subtle un- derlying changes, which span some 5 centuries from about 8500 calBP until the recovery of ISOW flow intensity at around 8000 calBP (Ellison et al. 2006). The state of knowledge should not be seen as 'mud- dled' or 'confused', but instead as a developing rich- ness of information that will eventually lead towards a comprehensive understanding of climate change in the times around 8200 calBP. Reviewing high-quality palaeoclimate records (draw- ing on the wider Holocene overview of Mayewski et al. 2004), and focusing on co-registered relation- ships between statistically significant anomalies, Rohling and Pälike (2005) established for the first time that the actual short, sharp 8200 calBP event occurred 'embedded' within a broader underlying climate anomaly. The broad anomaly was found to span 5 to 6 centuries, between about 8600/8500 and 8000 calBP, an interval similar to that of the entire ISOW anomaly of Ellison et al. (2006), as no- ted by those authors. The broad underlying anomaly forms part of a distinct repeating pattern of anom- alies during the Holocene, marked by glacier expan- sions on a global scale; the well-known Little Ice Age of AD 1400-1900 forms the most recent example (Mayewski et al. 2004). Given that there clearly are two mechanisms at play, one causing the repeating pattern of anomalies during the Holocene, and the other a 'climatic accident' (the Agassiz/Ojibway flood), attribution of any record to the actual 8200 cal BP climate event has to be performed with the utmost caution (Rohling and Pälike 2005). A sound way forward is to carefully document patterns of change through an extended interval from about 9000 to 7000 calBP, to distinguish longer-term changes between about 8600/8500 and 8000 calBP from the sharp, short actual 8200 calBP event that has a Greenland ice-core age of about 8250-8080 cal BP (Thomas et al. 2007). The Aegean record The present paper is specifically concerned with the Aegean/Levantine region, and the regional expres- sions of climate change around 8200 calBP are here discussed within the context of a key record for iden- tifying Holocene climate anomalies (Rapid Climate Change events, or RCCs, after Mayewski et al. 2004) in the eastern Mediterranean region, based on micro- fossil assemblages in marine sediment core LC21 (Rohling et al. 2002a). LC21 was recovered from the SE Aegean Sea, on the boundary between the north-south extended Aegean Sea and the west-east extended Levantine Sea, which is a sensitive loca- tion for the recording of expansions and contrac- tions of the cooler Aegean signature relative to the warmer Levantine signature. Changes in the assemblages of marine unicellular zooplankton microfossils (planktonic foraminifera) in sediment core LC21 were used to determine a Ho- locene history of relative surface-water temperature fluctuations (Rohling et al. 2002a). Mapping of the distribution of the same assemblages in core tops from the Aegean Sea allowed rough calibration of the relative changes into more quantitative esti- mates of sea surface temperature change. This work revealed a pattern of three main Holocene RCCs that were associated with temperature drops of the order of 2-3 °C in the SE Aegean region, notably in winter (Rohling et al. 2002a). Rohling et al. (in press) corroborate this initial estimate by similar val- ues from statistically more robust calibrations of the faunal changes using an Artificial Neural Network approach (for method, see Hayes et al. 2005) (Fig. 1). Further to the north in the Aegean Sea, cooling may have been a little bit more intense (Rohling et al. in press). Contemporaneous cooling events of similar magnitude are known from the western Me- diterranean, where they were quantified with organ- ic geochemical techniques (Cacho et al. 2001). Rohling et al. (2002a), Mayewski et al. (2004), and Rohling and Pälike (2005) have placed the Aegean record of RCCs within a wider framework of climate variability, and strong agreement was found be- tween the Aegean RCCs and the more intense Holo- cene events found both throughout the North Atlan- tic region, and further afield. Besides global glacier advances, the Holocene RCCs are also marked by distinct increases in the concentration of K+ ions (i.e. [K+]) in the GISP2 ice core from Greenland (O'Brien et al. 1995; Mayewski et al. 1997; 2004) (Fig. 1). Potassium transport to the Greenland ice sheet is strongly related to the late winter-spring in- tensity of the atmospheric high-pressure conditions over Siberia (Meeker and Mayewski 2002), so that enhanced [K+] within the RCCs suggests an inten- sification of Eurasian winter conditions. The Holo- cene RCCs are also characterised by peaks in the sea-salt [Na+] series from the GISP2 ice core (Fig. 1). These sea-salt [Na+] variations reflect the intensity of the Icelandic Low (Meeker and Mayewski 2002). An intensified Icelandic Low causes intensification of onshore winds to Greenland, so that sea ice stays longer each season, and persists more from season to season. The inferred increase of North Atlantic sea-ice extent and duration during the Holocene RCCs is supported by concomitant increases in the Holocene, most likely sea-ice transported, ice-rafted debris concentrations in North Atlantic sediments during the RCCs (Bond et al. 2001). Mangini et al. (2007) presented a detailed composite speleothem record from Spannagel Cave, central Alps, which dis- plays a temporal structure similar to that of records of North Atlantic hydrographic/sea-ice variations, as obtained from ice-rafted debris counts in marine se- diment cores (Bond et al. 2001) and supported by the GISP2 ice-core [Na+] series (Fig. 1). The main RCCs in this speleothem record may be associated with winter cooling of roughly 3 °C, although Man- gini et al. (2007) argue that their oxygen isotope data are better considered as a function of precipita- tion origin rather than temperature. The combined information demonstrates a significant correlation between terrestrial and marine palaeoclimate re- cords at the time of Holocene RCCs, with an empha- sis on winter-time perturbations. The cooling events in the Aegean Sea have been ascribed to intensification and frequency increase of wintertime northerly outbreaks of cold polar and continental air over the basin, relative to the present (Rohling et al. 2002a). Such outbreaks still occur today, and for a summary and data of such an event in December 2001, we refer to Casford et al. (2003; and below). The northerly outbreaks are a conse- Fig. 1. After Rohling et al. (in press). Compila- tion of the Holocene non-sea-salt [K+] and sea-salt [Na+] series for the GISP2 ice core from Greenland (O'Brien et al. 1995; Mayewski et al. 1997), with 200-year bandpass filters, along with the sea surface re- constructions for the SE Aegean Sea from plank- tonic foraminiferal abundance data for se- diment core LC21. The qualitative warm spe- cies percentage record is the same as that shown in Rohling et al. (2002a). An artificial neural network (ANN) technique is used to transform the faunal abundance data into records of winter, summer, and annual mean sea surface temperature. The technique and its core-top calibration set are fully explained in Hayes et al. (2005). Note that the records are presented on the left-hand side versus age in years Before 2000 CE (= yr B2K), which is the conven- tionally used ice-core reference datum, as well as (right-hand side) versus age in years CE/BCE (as used throughout this volume). The age of the Minoan eruption is indicated after Friedrich et al. (2006). quence of the Mediterranean's latitudinal position and its mountainous northerly margin, which exert an important control on circulation and water-mass transformations in the Mediterranean Sea, and con- temporaneous cooling events have been found in the Adriatic Sea and in the western Mediterranean (Rohling et al. 1997; 2002b; Casford et al. 2001; Cacho et al. 1999; 2000; 2001; Frigola et al. 2007). To understand the relationship between the fre- quency and intensity of wintertime northerly out- breaks over the Mediterranean and the climatic pat- terns inferred from proxy records from the wider northern hemisphere (particularly the Greenland ice sheet), we first consider the main drivers behind the general climatic conditions over the region. During summer, climate over the eastern sector of the eastern Mediterranean is dominated by north- ward displacement of North African subtropical high- pressure conditions, causing widespread drought. The Aegean Sea then comes under the influence of northerly winds ('Etesians'), due to the extension of the deep monsoon Low of NW India over the Iranian highlands and Anatolia. Although this semi-perma- nent extension of the monsoon low causes local de- pression formation around Cyprus and the Middle East, dry summer conditions prevail due to descent in the upper troposphere that is related to the in- tense Asian summer monsoon (Rodwell and Hos- kins 1996; Trigo et al. 1999). During winter, the subtropical conditions are dis- placed southward, and polar/continental conditions Fig. 2. Schematised map showing a) the location of Hudson Bay; b) Ice- land Low, Azores High, and Siberian High pressure zones; c) the position of core LC 21; and d) intense cold northerly airflow over Western, Cen- tral and Eastern Europe in the winter months. expand southward from the North. Low surface-pres- sure conditions over the central to eastern Mediter- ranean develop as a consequence of the high sea- surface temperatures relative to the surrounding land masses, fuelled by the high thermal capacity of the basin's water masses (Lolis et al. 2002). Inter- actions between this Mediterranean Low and north- eastward extension of the Azores High (over Iberia, France, and southern Britain), or westward ridging of the Siberian High towards NW Europe and south- ern Scandinavia (Maheras et al. 1999; Lolis et al. 2002), drive intense northerly flows of cold and dry air masses towards the Mediterranean basin, which are channelled through valleys in the mountainous topography of the northern Mediterranean margin. Channelling of polar and continental airflows through the lower Rhone Valley towards the Gulf of Lyons gives rise to the 'Mistral', while similar flows towards the Adriatic and Aegean Seas cause the 'Bora' and 'Vardar' (Fig. 2). These wintertime out- bursts of polar and continental air cause intense eva- poration and associated cooling of the sea surface (e.g. Leaman and Schott 1991; Saaroni et al. 1996; Poulos et al. 1997; Maheras et al. 1999; Casford et al. 2003; and references therein). The enhanced potassium accumulation in the Green- land ice sheet during Holocene RCCs (Fig. 1) sug- gests an intensified late winter-early spring Siberian High (Meeker and Mayewski 2002). Given that expansion and westward ridging of the Siberian High are important processes controlling northerly outbreaks over the Mediterranean (Maheras et al. 1999; Lolis et al. 2002), we infer that the enhanced Sibe- rian High intensity during RCCs led to an increase in the frequency and intensity of northerly air outbursts over the Mediterranean (notably the Aegean). This would offer a realistic mechanism to ex- plain the observed episodes of about 2-3 °C winter sea sur- face cooling. Here, it should be emphasised that mean win- ter sea-surface cooling by such an amount implies significant atmospheric forcing, because the well-mixed surface ocean has very high thermal inertia. Over land, therefore, the im- pacts should be expected to have been much sharper and more pronounced, especially at altitude and further inland, away from the moderating influence of open sea (i.e. away from 'maritime' and into more 'conti- nental' climate conditions). Also, the climatic effects over land may have consisted of highly variable con- ditions with considerable extremes, which become 'smoothed out' by long time-integration in the sea. The main RCCs recognised in the Aegean Sea record of core LC21 are found at about 8600-8000 calBP, 6300-5500 calBP, and 3300-2600 calBP (Fig. 1). The duration of the first of these is well established at 5 to 6 centuries (Mercone et al. 2000; Casford et al. 2007), and it evidently forms part of a repeating RCC pattern during the Holocene. The GISP2 data (Fig. 1) clearly indicate that the Little Ice Age (LIA) is part of this repeating pattern, but the giant sedi- ment corer used to recover core LC21 proved too crude a tool to recover this very recent (waterlog- ged, 'fluffy') sediment. As yet, no sharp culmination of the 8600-8000 calBP cool anomaly associated with the actual 8200 calBP event has been found in the records, which might be (unlikely) because of insufficient temporal resolution, or because further study of other indicators with different sensitivities is needed to record it. To understand the regional impact of enhanced frequency/intensity of northerly air outbreaks over the Aegean Sea, it is worth consi- dering weather and impact reports for recent events, and historical reports for the LIA. Modern meteorological analogies In December 2001, several weeks of intermittent northerly winter outbreaks caused serious disrup- tions around the Black Sea-Aegean Sea region. The severe winter weather included sustained periods of sub-zero temperatures, snow-storms and blizzards, heavy rains, and strong winds (e.g. CNN weather, 19 December 2001). Aboard the German Research Vessel Meteor, air temperatures down to -1 or -2 °C were recorded in very strong (force 8, gusting 9) NE winds (Casford et al. 2003). Athens and Istanbul re- ceived about 30 cm of snow, and city governor Erol Cakir declared that conditions in Istanbul amounted to a 'national disaster' (Telegraph). In Larissa, Greece, night temperatures plummeted to a minimum of -20.2 °C, and more than 300 villages in northern and central Greece were snowed in, while airports and schools were closed in the North. In Bulgaria, heavy snowfall cut power lines in Bulgaria, while frosts cut off water supplies (World Weather News). The picture that emerges for the December 2001- January 2002 event portrays intermittently very heavy precipitation (both rain and snow), severe storms, and severe frosts (certainly for this region). Our combined data suggest that such events were much more intense/frequent during the Holocene RCCs than they are today. This notion is further sup- ported by a review of historical evidence for the peri- ods 1675-1715 (Late Maunder Minimum) and 1780- 1830 (Early Instrumental Period), key parts of the Little Ice Age during which Europe experienced sig- nificant cooling (Xoplaki et al. 2001). The majority of the documentary sources for these periods was found to refer to winter, which is the critical season for the eastern Mediterranean because it is normally wet and represents the early growing season. Re- lative to the present, these periods show signifi- cantly more cold/severe winters and springs, signi- ficant increases in precipitation during winter, and significantly more occurrences of winter drought (Xoplaki et al. 2001). Although the latter two may sound paradoxical, they simply reflect inter-annual variability within a context of significantly increased winter extremes. The study highlights the year 1700, when it is documented that snow cover remained present on the Cretan mountains throughout the year. Xoplaki et al. (2001) also report a rather com- mon association between the extreme conditions and flooding, crop failure, famine, and deaths of ani- mals and people. The main synoptic (= weather) si- tuations responsible for cold and snowfall over the region were generally characterised by north-north- westerly or north-easterly airflow, with high pres- sure over northern Europe, and lower pressure over the central or eastern Mediterranean (Xoplaki et al. 2001). The framework of the interval 8600-8000 calBP Based on the above, we can build a speculative fra- mework regarding the climatic impacts expected around the Aegean region in the period 8600- 8000 calBP. Winter conditions would have been characterised by much more pronounced extremes than today, and the LIA examples suggest that very extensive rainfalls and snowfalls should be expect- ed, which would have given rise to problems with crops and grazing, as well as larger issues such as flooding and the attendant potential destabilisation of hillsides and of mud-brick dwellings. These aspects would have been exacerbated by frequent, sustained, and very significant frosts. During other winters, conditions may have remained very dry, again with considerably detrimental effects on crops and graz- ing. Severe winds/gales are also expected more fre- quently than today. This spectrum of extreme con- ditions would have been considerably amplified at a distance from the coasts (away from the climate moderating effects of open sea), and especially at altitude. Overall, this analysis would suggest a con- siderable amount of pressure on resources, and ge- neral environmental stress during the RCC of 8600- 8000 calBP, with a (not yet regionally documented) potential culmination between about 8250 and 8080 calBP. The archaeology of warfare Discussions on the origins of human warfare can be traced back to the 17th and 18th centuries, to Tho- mas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau, respecti- vely. Whereas in 'Leviathan' (1651) Hobbes pro- poses that the natural human condition was syn- onymous with a violent primitive plight, characte- rised by endemic war, murderous feuds, and the struggle for the preservation of personal gain, lib- erty, reputation, and safety, Rousseau proclaims in his 'Discourse of the Origins and Foundation of Inequality among Mankind' (1755) a totally oppo- site myth. Instead, he argues that warfare only emerged following the inception of agriculture, which in turn led to demographic growth, more complex forms of social organisation, the concept of private property, and ultimately, state coercion (see Keeley 1996.5-8; Gat 2006.5-6). Meanwhile, it is generally accepted that archaeological evidence for warfare first becomes overtly apparent from the Neo- lithic (e.g. Roper 1975; Fry 2006; Hamblin 2006), although Rousseau's myth of the non-bellicose hun- ter-gatherer can certainly no longer be upheld (cf. Keeley 1996). Signatures for warfare in the archaeological record are manifold, and include the construction of forti- fied settlements by means of walls and palisades, the erection of sites in strategic defensive locations, line-of-sight connections between contemporaneous sites, and the occurrence of settlement clusters sepa- rated by buffer zones ('no-man's-land'). Further, the occurrence of weapons and military paraphernalia, burial information (mass graves, warrior graves), skeletal indicators ('parry' fractures, frontal head fractures, scalping marks), burned communities, and artistic depictions are all considered characteristic attributes (Haas 1990; LeBlanc 1999). Case study - Pisidia Ancient Pisidia, also known as the Lake District, lies within the central part of the western Taurus range in modern day Turkey (Erol 1983.92-94; Yakar 1991.139-141). Its landscape is characterised by na- tural depressions and basins, many of which hold lakes, the three largest being the lakes Burdur, Egir- dir, and Beysehir, surrounded by mountain ranges and plateaus. It is bordered to the north by the ter- raced plateau-landscape of central-western Anatolia, to the west by the eastern foothills of the Menderes massif, to the east by the Konya-Eregli basin, and to the south by the western Taurus range. Although the karst nature of the Pisidian landscape (primarily in its eastern parts) has resulted in a distinct lack of larger rivers in the area compared to more central parts of Anatolia, e.g. the Konya Plain and Cappa- docia, the region is characterised by an increased water budget, availability, alimentation and routes. Compared to both the moister lower-lying coastal areas to the south (700-1200 mm/annum) and the aforementioned arid parts of the central Anatolian plateau further east (250-370 mm/annum), Pisidia receives moderate amounts of rainfall (400-800 mm), mainly in winter and spring (Erol 1983.93, Fig. 6; Akman and Ketenoglu 1986; Türkes 2003. 184, Fig. 1). Vegetation is described as heterogenous and transitional in character, connecting the milder and moister coastal zone with the arid central Ana- tolian plateau, the former characterised by its sub- Mediterranean and continental sub-Mediterranean vegetation, and the latter by xerophilous grassland, shrubs and patches of temperate coniferous forest. This situation is expressed by arid, steppe-like veg- etation in depressions and basins, and tropical and subtropical dry forest with Scots Pine, European Black Pine, and Downy Oak in higher lying areas (see also Hütteroth 1982.143, Fig. 50). Current knowledge of the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic in Pisidia comes from excavations con- ducted at four sites: Hacilar, Kurugay Höyük, Höyü- cek Höyük, and Bademagaci Höyük (Fig. 3). Whereas Hacilar was excavated in the late 1950s by James Mellaart, investigations at the latter sites, of which those at Bademagaci are still in progress, have been realised in the framework of three decades of inves- tigations in the Burdur region by Refik Duru and the Burdur region research team. HACILAR (37.57°N, 30.08°W): This site is located in an intramontane valley, c. 940m above sea level and 26km southwest of Burdur (Mellaart 1970). The mound, which at the time of its excavation measured 140m in diameter and approximately 5m high, lies only a small distance from Bozgay river, one of a num- ber of tributaries draining into nearby Burdur lake. The settle- ment deposits excavated at Haci- lar were assigned by Mellaart to a total of ten levels. These com- prise five Early Chalcolithic phas- es (Hacilar V-I), four Late Neoli- thic occupations (IX-VI), and one underlying 'aceramic Neolithic' deposit thought to comprise se- ven different construction levels. However, more recent sondages at the site in 1985 and 1986 (Duru 1989) could not confirm the pres- ence of an 'aceramic Neolithic' settlement phase, and with the continued absence of such early depo- sits at other sites in the region, this is now no longer seriously considered. KURUCAY HÖYÜK (37.63°N, 30.16°W): Kurugay (Duru 1983; 1994a; 2001a) is located 15km south- west of Burdur and 10km northeast of Hacilar. The small mound, with a height of some 8m and a dia- meter of approximately 100m, is situated upon a natural prominence 960m above sea level, just 4km southeast of Lake Burdur. The investigation of de- posits, mostly down to the underlying virgin soil, led to the identification of an archaeological sequence spanning a period from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Neolithic levels comprise the lowermost layers (13, 12 'lower', and 12 'upper') assigned by the ex- cavator to the 'Early Neolithic', as well as 11 'lower' and 11 'upper' that make up the 'Late Neolithic' occu- pation at the site. Overlying layers 10-7 are assigned to the 'Early Chalcolithic'. HÖYÜCEK HÖYÜK (37.45°N, 30.55°W): The small mound at Höyücek (Duru 1994b; 1995; 2001b; Duru and Umurtak 2005) lies in the Bucak plain, 35km south of Burdur and 30km southeast of Hacilar. The mound measures approximately 120m in diameter with a current height of some 4m. The archaeologi- cal sequence at Höyücek stretches from the Neoli- thic to the Chalcolithic, and features a total of four cultural layers. The earliest occupation at the site comprises the 'Early Settlements Phase' (ESP) and the 'Shrine Phase' (ShP); Late Neolithic levels are re- ferred to as the 'Sanctuaries Phase' (SP); and finds from the Early Chalcolithic and later periods were recovered from the overlying 'Mixed Accumulations' Fig. 3. Map of Anatolia and adjacent regions with archaeological sites mentioned in the text, dated to the 8600-8000 calBP RCC interval. (MA). The terminology chosen to refer to the ele- ments of the sequence is at the same time an inter- pretation of the site's functions in each of its respec- tive phases. Thus, in the Shrine Phase and the subse- quent Sanctuaries Phase a dominant religious com- ponent is implied (Duru and Umurtak 2005.230- 231). BADEMAGACI HÖYÜK (37.22°N, 30.49°W): This oval mound measures 200m long, some 110m wide, and 7m high (most recently Duru 2005; Duru and Umurtak 2007; Yildirim and Gates 2007.287). It lies on a small plain surrounded by low hills, adja- cent to the northern flank of the western Taurus, approximately 50km north of Antalya. Investigations of the archaeological sequence have been underway since 1993 and have so far yielded remains from the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Christian era. Due to ex- treme difficulties encountered in establishing the correct stratigraphic sequence, slight revisions of previously proposed chronologies became neces- sary following the 2002 and 2003 seasons (Duru 2005.541-547). This involved the reassignment of structures previously thought to date to the Early Bronze Age, to a newly defined Late Neolithic (LN) period. Accordingly, the site of Bademagaci has yiel- ded a Neolithic sequence (after Duru 2005) compri- sing the phases 'Early Neolithic' (ENI 9-5; ENII 4B, 4A, 4, 3A, 3, 2, 1) and 'Late Neolithic' (LN 2-1), with evidence for a Chalcolithic occupation at the site still only slight and amounting to small numbers of paint- ed pottery sherds possibly indicative of a period of temporary settlement during this period. From the four excavated LN/ECh sites there exists a total of 41 radiocarbon dates (Tables 1-9); 34 stem from Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic contexts, with seven Late Chalcolithic dates from the Kurugay Hö- yük site. A total of 26 of these 34 dates are consi- dered reliable, i.e. are neither evident outliers, nor characterised by high standard deviations in excess of ±100 14C-years. Whereas the most ancient date from the Bademagaci site (Hd-22340: 7949±31 14C- BP) may attest to the earliest reliably dated occur- rence of Neolithic settlement in Pisidia so far - pre- viously considered unlikely to predate the mid-sev- enth millennium calBC - others confirm contempo- raneous occupation phases at all four sites with the 8600-8000 calBP RCC interval (Fig. 10, Tabs. 1-4). On the basis of radiocarbon dates, and in due con- sideration of pottery assemblages from these sites, Ulf-Dietrich Schoop (2002; 2005) recently under- took a re-evaluation of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic sequence in the Lake District (Fig. 4). One important conclusion from this study is that the abrupt change in material culture observed in the Hacilar sequence between levels II and I, and originally interpreted by Mellaart (1970.75) as resulting from the immediate Fig. 4. Hacilar, Kurufay Höyük, Höyücek Höyük, and Bademagaci Höyük. Synchronisation of settle- ment sequences after Schoop (2005.Fig.4.9), with most recent observations from Bademagaci after Duru (2005). Dark grey shading indicates Early Chalcolithic (painted pottery) levels; highlighted in light grey is the temporal extension of the 8200 calBP 'climate event'. occupation of the site by a vanquishing 'foreign' force, was in fact due to a temporal hiatus in the oc- cupation sequence. This gap is now filled by assem- blages of a type discovered at Kurugay 12-7. This hiatus in the Hacilar sequence is also mirrored at the nearby sites of Höyücek and Kurugay, albeit that at these sites lacunae occurred slightly earlier. We return to the implications of such breaks (or phases of reorganisation) in settlement sequences, which can also be observed at contemporaneous sites to the east, further below. The main line of evidence for the occurrence of LN/ ECh warfare in Pisidia is twofold. On the one hand, it comprises the occurrence of major conflagrations, and on the other it involves the construction of forti- ficatory walls around settlements (Fig. 5). Fires Why were the blazes at Hacilar, Höyücek, and Bade- magaci not accidental? A number of points suggest that these events are warfare-related. To this end, we must turn to an earlier study of prehistoric war- fare in the American Southwest by LeBlanc (1999), who discusses the characteristics of accidental fires on the one hand, and warfare-related fires on the other. Here it is noted that the most telling differ- ence between the two concerns scale. Whereas acci- dental burning is more likely to be characterised by small and random fires, perhaps limited to just a single room, and occurring only rarely, warfare re- lated conflagrations will affect the entire settlement, or large sections thereof, and result from a single event. Potential motives for burning entire settle- ments can be, for example, the displacement of its inhabitants by the enemy (by killing them or forc- ing them to migrate); to strike a blow sufficient to render defenders incapable of retaliation; or alter- natively, if initiated by the defenders themselves, to deny the site to the enemy. A further indicator for warfare-related fires is noted already by Roper (1975.301), and more recently by Fry (2006.136- 137), who state that a good signature is when burn- ing is followed by either abandonment or a hiatus in the occupation sequence. Unburied bodies of vic- tims and the discovery of 'in-situ' finds in burnt houses also suggest that blazes may have resulted from conflict situations (Roper 1975.301). Whereas the former are considered by LeBlanc (1999.85) as a good signature of warfare, in-situ finds might also indicate a potential element of surprise, which of course could also suggest the occurrence of an acci- dental fire. Site Signature Source Hacilar level IB: large scale destruction of settlement through fire; burned bodies in rooms Mellaart 1970.76 level IA-B: Hacilar I 'fortress' Mellaart 1970.75-76, Figs. 33-35 level IIB: large scale destruction of settlement through fire Mellaart 1970.37, 75 level IIA: large scale destruction of settlement through fire; body in burnt room Mellaart 1970.36-37 level IIA-B: fortified enclosure Mellaart 1970.25, Figs. 19-22, 25-27 level IV: 'bad fire' Mellaart 1970.16 level VI: large scale destruction of settlement through fire Mellaart 1970.16 Kurugay level 11: fortified enclosure Duru 1994.99 Höyücek ShP (end): large scale destruction of remaining buildings 3, 4, and 5 through fire; large number of sling projectiles found on floor of building 3 ShP: destruction of buildings 1 and 2 through fire; large number of sling projectiles found on floor of building 1 Duru 1995.486-487, plate 57.1; Duru & Umurtak 2005.230 Bademagaci ENII/2: burned structures (?) Duru & Umurtak 2006.12 ENII/3: bodies in burned house Duru 2005.548 ENII/4-3: remains of fortificatory structure Duru 2002.582, 591, plate 11/1,2; 2004.16f.; 2005.548, plates 5, 8/1; Umurtak 2007.141; Yildirim & Gates 2007.287 Fig. 5. Hacilar, Kurugay Höyük, Höyücek Höyük, a warfare. Large scale destruction through fire at Pisidian sites can be especially observed at Hacilar at the end of levels VI, IIA, IIB, and IB, whereby Mellaart himself only considers the conflagrations at the end of pha- ses IIB and IB as resulting from attack by hostile groups (Mellaart 1970.75, 87). A further 'bad fire' is also noted in level IV (Mellaart 1970.16). Follo- wing the destruction of level IIB, Mellaart suggests that the attacker took possession of the site, import- ing their own material culture and erecting the Haci- lar I 'fortress'. Meanwhile, the profound change in material culture observed between these two levels is instead thought to stem from a hiatus in the occu- pation sequence (Schoop 2002; 2005; see above). Thus, this newly recognised gap, which is directly subsequent to the destruction of the IIB settlement, serves to substantiate Mellaart's original assumption that this settlement fell victim to a violent act at this time. Similarly, the ''fire and massacre' at the end of level IB is termed by Mellaart as the "death blow to the once flourishing settlement', culminating in its permanent abandonment at the end of level ID (Mel- laart 1970.87). Here, although abandonment was delayed, it would appear to have followed within a short period of the conflagration, and therefore was presumably related to this catastrophe. It should be noted, however, that the much earlier conflagration at the end of Hacilar VI, although not followed by a temporal hiatus, is characterised by a development Bademagaci Höyük. Archaeological signatures for in ceramic traditions, it marking the generally ack- nowledged transition from the predominantly mono- chrome Late Neolithic to the Early Chalcolithic, dur- ing which the ratio of painted decoration in the ce- ramic assemblage rapidly increased. Whereas at Höyücek all five structures belonging to this 'religious' complex were destroyed by two sepa- rate outbreaks of fire (Duru and Umurtak 2005. 230), at Bademagaci the evidence for destruction by fire is more limited in scale, with burned houses so far noted for levels ENII/3 and ENII/2 (Duru 2005. 548; Duru and Umurtak 2006.12). At Höyücek, the destruction at the end of the 'Shrine Phase' is fol- lowed by a temporal hiatus in the occupation se- quence of approximately 100 years until reoccupa- tion in the so called 'Sanctuaries Phase'. Unburied victims of fires have been reported from both Hacilar and Bademagaci. At Hacilar, unburied victims were excavated from the ruins of both the IIB and IB settlements. From the former, one vic- tim was recovered - the crouching skeleton of a per- son of advanced age was found upon the floor next to the western hearth of the northeast shrine (Mel- laart 1970.36) - and in the remains of Hacilar IB an unspecified number of bodies, especially children, has been reported (Mellaart 1970.76). A further oc- currence of unburied victims stems from the burnt remains of house 8 in level ENII/3 at Bademagaci Höyük. Upon excavation, this structure revealed the remains of nine burnt skeletons (two adults and seven children) "in disorderly positions in differ- ent parts of the house" (Duru 2005.548). Further, the discovery of large numbers of complete pottery vessels, stone tools, a terracotta seal, bone items, and thousands of beads suggests that this building may have been destroyed by a sudden fire. Fortifications The erection of fortifications around settlements has often been regarded as one of the most reliable in- dicators for the occurrence of warfare in prehistoric societies, although more recently, alternative pro- posals have been considered; for example, a wall can divert flood waters away from houses, it can block winds that produce sandstorms, and it can keep animals and children in and wild animals out (Otter- bein 2004). In the case of the first of these propos- als, this calls to mind Bar-Yosef's reappraisal of the function of the walls at Jericho (Bar-Yosef1986). Be this as it may, Otterbein has also compiled ethnogra- phical data which leads him to the conclusion that there is indeed a correlation between the frequency of internal war and village 'fortifications'. Accor- dingly, whereas village fortifications could be shown to predict continual or frequent warfare (15 out of 18 societies), war does not predict village fortifica- tions (15 out of 25 societies) (Otterbein 2004.192). Thus, whereas this evidence confirms that walls are a reliable marker for the occurrence of war, it also demonstrates that they are not a com- pulsory feature. Additionally, following Keeley (1996.55), "the variant sufficient condition for the construction of de- fences is the relative intensity of the perceived threat', i.e. only if the danger of attack is sufficiently acute and con- stant, and the community meets the ne- cessary preconditions for construction (social systems, adequate labour input etc.), will fortifications be erected. Fortifications at Hacilar are known from the settlements Hacilar IIA, IIB, and I. However, it remains unknown whether the earlier Hacilar VI settlement, which was destroyed in a major conflagration (see above), was also fortified, as the edge of the settlement was never rea- ched during excavations. Nevertheless, according to Mellaart, if not enclosed by a wall, it is extremely likely that it would have been provided with "some sort of defence, probably as at gatalhöyük, in the form of blank doorless outer walls in the houses on the periphery of the site" (Mellaart 1970.10). For all remaining periods at Hacilar, fortifications are unknown; in the case of Hacilar V, this corresponds to a general loss of evi- dence associated with large-scale levelling and re- shaping of the mound prior to the erection of the Hacilar I 'fortress' (Mellaart 1970.23). Essentially, Hacilar IIA is a rectangular, fortified en- closure, measuring 36 x 57m and comprising a mud brick wall 1.5m to 3m thick (Fig. 6). Although lack- ing stone foundations itself, the wall was equipped with small and irregularly placed towers which did feature such substructures (Mellaart 1970.25, pla- tes XXVIIIa, XXVIIIb). The exact number of gate- ways to the settlement remains ambiguous - either three or four (to the northwest, southwest, north- east, and possibly southeast). The main entrance to the settlement, a narrow doorway flanked by two towers, was located on the (north)western side of the settlement and led into the 'West Court'. The shape of the enclosure was changed slightly follo- wing the fire at the end of phase IIA. In Hacilar IIB the walls were extended several metres eastwards, whereby the eastern quarter of the settlement that had been destroyed at the end of level IIA was not rebuilt, but left void of structures; this part of the settlement is now referred to as the 'Eastern Court' (Mellaart 1970.31, Fig. 25). Following the destruc- tion of Hacilar IIB and the ensuing hiatus in the Ha- Fig. 6. Hacilar IIA. Reconstruction of the fortified settlement (from Mellaart 1970.Fig. 22). cilar sequence, a new 'fortress' (Hacilar I) was erect- ed. This comprised an extremely massive, on aver- age 2m (and up to 4m) thick, solid mud brick wall that had been erected upon a single course of lime- stone rubble on the prepared level ground (Mellaart 1970.75, 77). The fortifications of the Hacilar I 'fort- ress' surrounded the entire höyük (approximately 100m in diameter) and encompassed a central court void of further structures; rooms were located against the inner side of the wall, groups of which were separated by small courtyards. Of particular note is the continued presence of a deep, stone-lined well in the Hacilar settlement, in levels VI, IIA and IIB (Mellaart 1970.19, 35, Figs. 7, 20, 25). In each case, the numerous postholes disco- vered in its proximity might have belonged to some water-drawing appliance (Mellaart 1970.35). Here, a remark made by LeBlanc (1999.69) is of some rel- evance: "Ethnographic accounts of warfare point to the very significant danger of ambush. Having a source where domestic water could be procured without fear of ambush would have been very valuable - and considerable effort was made to provide this security in some cases". Turning now to Kurugay Höyük, the fortificatory wall discovered at this site is reported to have enclosed the level 11 settlement (Duru 1994.99) (Fig. 7). In spite of its poor state of preservation (only the stone foundations of the southern wall are well preserved), the fortification is thought to have been of rectan- gular plan, with a series of externally situated circu- lar towers, three of which (one complete and two partially preserved) were discovered during exca- vations (Duru 1999.plate 15). The entrance to the enclosure was located at its south-eastern corner. Within the enclosure, excavations revealed very lit- tle architectural evidence. It is proposed that this is due to the northern part of the settlement having been swept away following a heavy downpour (flo- oding) which may have occurred during a late stage of the level 11 settlement phase (Duru 1994a.99). At Bademagaci Höyük, levels ENII/4 and ENII/3 have also provided some poten- tial evidence of fortificatory architecture (Duru 2002.582, 591, plate 11/1,2; 2004.16-17; 2005.548, plates 5 and 8/1; Umurtak 2007.141; Yildirim & Gates 2007.287). This feature, which is located at the edge of the tell and "in keeping with the outer boundary of the höyük" (Duru 2005.548), comprises five north- west-southeast oriented, parallel rows of founda- tions constructed of medium sized stones (20-35cm in diameter) placed approximately 40-50cm apart. Beneath this structure was discovered an older and more substantial (1m thick), L-shaped wall founda- tion. Both the younger 'grid plan foundations' as well as the earlier L-shaped wall section are thought to date to levels ENII/3 and ENII/4, respectively. In- deed, if the proposed function of this feature is con- firmed, this would mean that Bademagaci presides over the earliest fortification so far discovered at a Neolithic settlement in Anatolia (c. 64th-63rd cen- tury calBC). On the other hand, the excavations at both Hacilar (level I) and Kurugay (level 11) suggest that fortifications were still a common feature of Early Chalcolithic settlement into the sixth millen- nium calBC. Slings and sling missiles Although there is no direct evidence that slings were used as weapons during the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods in Anatolia, it is interesting to note the widespread use of the sling at this time (as testified by the frequent occurrence of biconical clay sling missiles) and the contemporaneous decline in the use of the bow (as evidenced by the absence of arrowheads among these same communities) (Korf- mann 1972; Özdogan 2002). This is a phenomenon which can be observed over a large region, from the eastern fringes of the Near East to the Aegean in the west. Indeed, by the close of the seventh millennium calBC, the sling would have been the most readily available long-distance weapon of communities liv- ing in these geographical regions, and therefore in Pisidia also. Nevertheless, to interpret all clay sling missiles as weapons, without considering other functions, would be wrong, and similarly, it would be false to assume that all locations where clay sling missiles occur were Fig. 7. Kurugay Höyük, level 11. Reconstruction of fortifications (from Duru 1994.Fig l-11), with kind permission of the author. war zones. Indeed, Perles (2001.229-231) has criti- cised the over-emphasis on the sling's status as a weapon, which in her opinion is more likely a 'shep- herd's implement used to bring back stray animals to a herd in the absence of sheep dogs. Although such an interpretation is acceptable, the potential destructive power of the sling should not be played down in any way. Indeed, its capabilities as a hunt- ing weapon are related from the Halaf culture in northern Syria (Akkermans and Wittmann 1993. 159), and it is but a small step from its usage in the hunt to its being brandished as a weapon (cf. Otter- bein 2004.85-86); Chapman (2004.108) refers to the sling as a so-called 'Tool-Weapon', whereby the hoarding of such items, in this case sling projectiles, has been noted as a significant marker for the pre- paration of a community for war, particularly in the case of fortified settlements (Redmond 1994; Chap- man 2004.102-103). For the Neolithic, the use of slings and sling missiles in a conflict situation has been proposed by Vutriro- pulos (1991.129, plate V) for a discovery made at the Bulgarian site of Stara Zagora. Here, the excava- tion of a burnt (Karanovo II period) settlement - fol- lowed incidentally by a gap in the occupation se- quence - revealed the remains of two adjacent struc- tures, both of which yielded a large number of clay missiles dispersed throughout. This scene is com- mented on by Vutriropulos as a prime example of prehistoric warfare in the archaeological record. However, although a tempting interpretation, it is essential that we proceed with a little more caution, it being equally conceivable that these objects fell from an upper storey in the course of the (acciden- tal) fire (pers. comm. H. Todorova). Be this as it may, the factor of warfare should not simply be pas- sed by, as recent discoveries at the fourth millen- nium calBC settlement of Hamoukar in northern Syria have demonstrated. At this site, an excavation team "found extensive destruction with collapsed walls, which had undergone heavy bombardment by sling bullets and eventually collapsed in an en- suing fire" (University of Chicago News Office). At the Late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic sites in Pisi- dia, (clay) sling missiles are a very common occur- rence. At Hacilar VI, a depot was discovered in a recess behind the oven in house Q.5 (Mellaart 1970. 18, plate XlVb), and in Hacilar V, IV, and III further deposits of 'slingstones' were revealed (Mellaart 1970.24, plate XXVIa, Fig.16). At Höyücek (Shrine Phase), sling projectiles were also discovered in large numbers. Duru refers to "hundreds of clay sling pel- lets found on the floors of the [burnt] Structures 3 and 1" (Duru 1995.486-487, plate57.1); in the first of these buildings they were found together with a collection of large stone hand axes (Duru and Umurtak 2005.165). At Kurugay Höyük, sling pro- jectiles are not mentioned in the comprehensive English summary of the final publication (Duru 1994a), although their occurrence at this fortified site must be assumed; and at Bademagaci they occur from level ENII/3 onwards, following absence from earlier levels (Cilingiroglu 2005.7). On the basis of this evidence, it may be assumed that slings and clay sling missiles were introduced to the Lake District from around 6300 calBC. Only further east are ear- lier finds of clay projectiles known, e.g. at Catalhö- yük East in Central Anatolia, where they appear from level VI (c. 6500/6400 calBC), and at Tell Sabi Abyad in the Balikh valley, northern Syria, where - although particularly common in phases Balikh IIC and IIIA (c. 6200-5900 calBC) - they have also been found in relatively large numbers in recent ex- cavations of older deposits that date back to the mid-seventh millennium calBC (Akkermans et al. 2006.141, 144, 149). Ultimately, this spatial and temporal pattern might be suggestive of a rapid dis- persal of sling and clay projectiles from the east to- wards the west, arriving in Pisidia and western Ana- tolia in the late seventh millennium calBC. Indeed, in more westerly parts, for example in the Aegean region and the south-eastern periphery of Europe, they may even have arrived as part of the larger 'Neolithic Package', as may have been the case at Hoca Ce§me and Ulucak Höyük (Cilingiroglu 2005. Tab. 2). Who was the enemy? Naturally, the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic settlement of Pisidia comprised more than just the four excavated settlements at Hacilar, Kurugay, Hö- yücek, and Bademagaci. On the basis of past and re- cent survey work, it must be assumed that both in the Lake District and in adjacent regions there was a dense network of contemporaneous and semi-con- temporaneous sites during these periods, and there- fore also in the centuries 6200-6000 calBC. So who was the enemy? Here we must return to an aforementioned archaeo- logical study from the American Southwest (see above) in which similar lines of enquiry have pre- viously featured. In his investigation, LeBlanc (1999) reports of typical situations in which clusters of three or more sites are separated from each other by about 20 miles, with the spaces between clusters - 'no man's land - increasing over time. Whereas such a settlement pattern is presumed characteristic for group internal conflict, more densely packed con- glomerations of site clusters, or the appearance of long linear arrangements of settlements, are thought likely to denote an 'outside' threat (LeBlanc 1999. 53-54). In order to gain a picture of these aspects in the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic settle- ment pattern, a GIS-analysis of available settlement distribution data for south-western Anatolia and ad- jacent parts was undertaken. Using GIS-applications, the spatial distribution of pre- historic sites can form the basis for a 'reconstruc- tion' of past settlement areas and, in some cases, per- mits calculations of population densities (e.g. Zim- mermann 2003; Zimmermann et al. 2004; Vogel- sang & Wendt 2007; Hilpert et al. 2007). LN/ECh settlement groups have been identified using spatial data from south-western and central Anatolia using a method known as KDE ('Kernel Density Esti- mates'), first applied to an archaeological dataset by Beardah and Baxter (1996). It has been noted more recently (Herzog 2007a; 2007b, Hilpert et al. in press) as a promising alternative to the counterpart method based on the LEC ('Largest Empty Circle'). Common to both methods is their ability to trans- form point data into area data. While LEC calcula- tions involve the application of Thiessen polygons (voronoi tessellation) for territory allocation, and the geostatistical kriging interpolation to produce isolines, the KDE method instead uses the find spots themselves. This latter method has the advantage of being less dependent on interpolation, and hence more robust in large areas with relatively low den- sity sites, as given here. Data was accessed from the online TAY Project Data- base. It includes both excavated sites with deposits radiocarbon dated to the 8200 calBP 'climate event' (N = 6; Hacilar, Kurugay Höyük, Höyücek Höyük, Ba- demagaci Höyük, Erbaba, gatalhöyük), as well as un- excavated sites (N = 81) from the Lake District and adjacent regions with surface collections assigned to either the Late Neolithic and/or Early Chalcolithic (c. 6500-5300 calBC) and therefore 'straddling' this same time period. Naturally, in the case of the latter sites, which by far outnumber the former, temporal resolution is far from sufficient to identify those set- tlements occupied during the 8200 calBP 'climate event'. Nevertheless, this database provides the best evidence for potential settlement groups in south- western Anatolia and adjacent parts at the end of the seventh millennium calBC. The GIS-analysis of the Anatolian data confirms the existence of four distinguishable settlement groups situated within clearly defined physical borders (Fig. 8). Each group is characterised by clusters of settle- ments located on small plains or within natural de- pressions and basins, and each separated from its neighbour(s) either by bodies of water or by exten- sions of the western Taurus range. At the same time, the two larger groups (Burdur and Beysehir groups) are characterised by an internal structure compris- ing smaller agglomerations of sites. Here it is strik- ing that the arrangements of settlements within these same two groups show analogies with the spa- tial criteria stipulated by LeBlanc (1999) as charac- teristic of an 'outside' threat; particularly notable is the high frequency of sites arranged in a linear, rib- bon-like manner, especially in the Beysehir group, but also to a very visible extent in the Burdur group. Further, the GIS-analysis is particularly effective in highlighting clusters of settlements. Whereas in the Burdur group one might differentiate between three, possibly four, different concentrations, in the Beyse- hir group a total five clusters are clearly distinguish- able. The distance between these clusters exceeds in some cases - especially in the Beysehir group of set- tlements - some tens of kilometres. Therefore, if all the analysed sites were contemporaneous, on the one hand, one might interpret their distribution as spatial evidence of an external threat, particularly the long linear arrangement of sites providing inha- bitants with mutual support from neighbouring com- munities in times of danger; while on the other hand, visible clusters of settlements separated by consid- erable distances might also suggest internal conflicts. A more satisfactory conclusion from GIS-analyses would require a higher temporal resolution of the featured data, which is only possible through son- dages or excavations at the featured Late Neolithic/ Early Chalcolithic sites. Contemporaneous developments in adjacent regions As is evident from the chronology table (Fig. 9) and the available radiocarbon dates (Figs. 10 and 11, Tabs. 1-10), there appears to be a temporal associa- tion of the 8200 calBP 'climate event' with gaps and/ or phases of reorganisation at Pisidian sites, as well as similar events at settlements in other parts of Anatolia and beyond. In the following, reference is made to gatalhöyük in the Konya plain, Mersin-Yu- muktepe in Cilicia, and Tell Sabi Abyad in the Balikh valley, northern Syria. At all three sites there is evi- dence that there occurred a change in settlement Fig. 8. Southwest Anatolia. Distribution of Late Neolithic/Early Chalcoli- thic sites with discernible settlement groups based on GIS-analysis (data accessed from TAY Project Database). structures which correlate temporally with the 8200 calBP 'climate event'. The temporal correlation of climate forcing and the abandonment of the eastern mound at Catalhöyük has already featured in earlier papers (Weninger et al. 2005.98; 2006.410). There it was proposed that, following the abandonment of Catalhöyük East, there ensued a hiatus of some 200 years prior to the founding of Catalhöyük West in the Early Chalcoli- thic. Remarkably, a new series of radiocarbon dates from the western mound (Fig. 11, Tab. 5) has re- cently been put forward as "strong evidence sup- porting the hypothesis that the sequence at Catal- höyük West overlaps with that of its Neolithic pre- decessor Catalhöyük East' (comment C. Cessford in Higham et al. 2007). Notwithstanding, even in light of this new evidence, we feel obliged to hold fast to our earlier claim, i.e. that the available radio- carbon dates are still suggestive of a temporal break in the Catalhöyük sequence at the end of the seventh millennium calBC, as shown in Figure 11. However, caution should be exercised, at least until it is clear that the basal deposits of the Catalhöyük West mound are covered by the available dates. The re- sults from continuing investigations should bring clarity in this matter. Ultimately, irrelevant to whether the abandonment of Catalhöyük East pre- dated, coincided with, or even post-dated, the estab- lishment of the nearby western 'höyük, this same period is still marked by a major reorganisation of the settlement structure in the Catalhöyük area. This in- volved not only the abandon- ment of the eastern mound after some 1000 years of unin- terrupted settlement activity, but also the founding of a new settlement on the opposite side of the Car§amba river, c. 200m to the west. Further, this development is also con- current with a major change in material culture that is cha- racterised by the abrupt in- crease of painted decoration in the 'Early Chalcolithic' ce- ramic assemblage found at Catalhöyük West. A very similar development can be observed not only at the Cilician settlement of Mer- sin-Yumuktepe, but also at the northern Syrian site of Tell Sabi Abyad (Akkermans et al. 2006; Clare et al. in press). At the former, the final two centuries of the seventh millennium calBC coincide with those occupation levels (Yumuktepe XXVII-XXVI) recently assigned to an independent 'Middle Neolithic' settlement phase (Caneva 2004a). Whereas this period is noted for the earliest evi- dence at this site of rectilinear stone foundations of structures interpreted as a combination of living quarters and storage facilities (Garstang 1953.27, Fig. 12; Caneva 2004a.37, Figs. 8 and 9; Balossi Restelli 2006.14, Pl. 2.1), it is also a period during which its ceramic repertoire began to diverge from the contemporaneous (DFBW) assemblages found in adjacent regions to the east, i.e. in the Amuq plain, at Ras Shamra, and in the Rouj basin (Balossi 2004. Tab. 1). This 'Middle Neolithic' occupation, with its characteristic 'cell-buildings', appears to have clima- xed, at least in the excavated area of the mound, with a major conflagration and the likelihood of a subsequent hiatus, albeit of short duration (Caneva 2004b.45; Clare et al. in press). Following this break, a marked change is suggested in both the set- tlement structure and function of this same part of the settlement. This sees a broad shift from the 'do- mestic' to the 'agricultural', with the same part of the settlement now accommodating large rectilinear stone-based structures that have been interpreted as animal pens, followed in levels XXV ('Late Neoli- thic') and XXIV ('Final Neolithic') by the introduc- tion of (communal?) storage facilities in the form of calBC 5700 5900 Western Anatolian 6100 Red Burnished 6300 Pottery 6500 } 6700 6900 cobble-paved silos (Caneva w AnatoNa 2004b.49-50; Balossi Restel- li 2006.14). Moving eastwards, the north- ern Syrian settlement of Tell Sabi Abyad in the Balikh val- ley has also provided evi- dence of a significant reorga- nisation of its structure in the transition from the Early Pot- tery Neolithic (Balikh IIA/B) to the Pre-Halaf period (Ba- likh IIC), i.e. at around 6300/ 6200 calBC (Akkermans et al. 2006). This was connected with a substantial decline in the size of the settlement, dur- ing which "the formerly den- sely occupied area on the western side of Tell Sabi Ab- yad was abandoned' (Akkermans et al. 2006.150). In the wake of this reorganisation, settlement ap- pears to have continued at two separate occupations on the eastern side of the mound. The subsequent 'Transitional' period (Balikh IIIA; c. 6050-5900 calBC) is associated with a number of major deve- lopments marking the run-up to the emergence of the Halaf culture in the early sixth millennium calBC. Particularly significant for the 'Transitional' period at Tell Sabi Abyad is the so called 'Burnt Vil- lage' (level 6) which, as its name implies, was de- stroyed by a major fire. New evidence suggests that not only the south-eastern part of the site was de- stroyed in this event, but that the same blaze may also have ravaged north-eastern parts of the settle- ment (Akkermans et al. 2006.129-130). The cur- rent hypothesis concerning the background of this conflagration lies in a ritual context, possibly an in- tentional (cleansing) act, perhaps in association with the death of (a) prominent individual(s), although accidental or warfare related causes cannot be ruled out entirely2. The end of the Transitional pe- riod sees the beginning of the Halaf sequence pro- per (from c. 5900 calBC), characterised by large numbers of small (0.1-1 ha) and short-lived (seaso- nal?) sites, widespread mobility, and a relatively low population density (Akkermans and Schwartz 2003. 119-120). Pottery frequently displays a mainly black or brown painted decoration, also with highly standardised motifs (Le Miere and Nieuwenhuyse 1996). Pisidia C.Anatolia Catalhoyük Early Chalcolithic 13 © Late Neolithic © © ENI/9 © Early Pottery Neolithic Cilicia Balikh Yumuktepe calBP nib Early Halaf 7700 XXV hiatus IIIA Transitional 7900 XXVI XXVII IIC Pre-Halaf 8100 XXVIII IIB? Pottery/Late 8300 XXIX Neolithic XXX IIA 8500 XXXI 8700 XXXII XXXIII I 8900 Late PPN Late PPNB Fig. 9. Late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic chronology. Western Anatolia after Lichter (2006); Pisidia after Schoop (2005), with recent observa- tions from Badema gaci after Duru (2005); Mersin-Yumuktepe after Ba- lossi Restelli (2006); Balikh valley after Akkermans et al. (2006). 1. Haci- lar, 2. Kurugay, 3. Höyücek, 4. Badema gaci. Grey shading marks the tem- poral extension of the 8200 calBP 'climate event'. To the west of Pisidia, research into contemporane- ous settlement is still at a relatively early stage (Lich- ter 2005; 2006), with excavations and sondages so far conducted at only a small number of Western Anatolian sites, which include Ulucak Höyük (Cilin- giroglu et al. 2004; Cilingiroglu and Cilingiroglu 2007), Dedecik-Heybelitepe (Lichter and Merig 2007; cf. Yilderim and Gates 2007.287), Ye§ilova Höyük (Derin 2007), as well as Cukurigi Höyük (Ho- rejs 2008), although many more are known by sur- face finds, indicating that the region was densely po- pulated at this time (cf Erdogu 2003.12-14; Lich- ter 2005.62-63). In addition to the archaeological evidence, absolute radiocarbon dates from the area are still limited to just a handful of measurements from Ulucak and Ye§ilova. These suggest the first occurrence of Neolithic lifeways in this region not prior to the final centuries of the seventh millennium calBC, with the oldest date so far from Yesilova (KN- 5811: 7505 ± 30 14C-BP). Traces of earlier Neolithic settlement activity is still lacking, although deeper deposits at Ulucak, for example, still remain unex- cavated. Exceptional are the slightly older dates from the lowermost level at Hoca Ce§me in Turkish Thrace, which may testify to the sporadic occurrence of earlier (fortified) Neolithic 'colonies' (cf Özdogan 1998) in the Turkish Aegean region from the mid- seventh millennium calBC. The absence of painted pottery is striking, and in stark contradiction to the ceramic assemblages recovered from contempora- neous sites in the Lake District. Recently referred to 2 http://www.sabi-abyad.nl/tellsabiabyad/projecten/index/0/8/?sub=9&language=en Fig. 10. Cumulative calibrated dating probability of radiocarbon data from nine archaeological sites in Turkey (Kurugay Höyük/Table. 2, Hoca fy&ne/Table 9, Ulucak Höyük/Table 7, Mersin-Yumuktepe/Table 6, Hacilar/Table 1, Höyücek Höyük/Table 3, Ye§ilova Höyük/Table 8, Ba- demagaci Höyük/Table 4) and Northern Syria (Tell Sabi Abyad/Table 10) in relation to the Holocene non-sea-salt [K+] series for the GISP2 ice core from Greenland (O'Brien et al. 1995; Mayewski et al. 1997) (bot- tom). by Lichter (2006) as 'West Anatolian Red Burnished Pottery' ('Westanatolische Rot Polierte Keramik or WARP), vessels from these assemblages are red to reddish brown, slightly burnished, and sometimes slipped; most frequent forms are hole-mouth and S- shaped pots, with flat bases or sometimes with low pedestals {Lichter 2005.63; 2006.34). Discussion Summarising the evidence presented in this paper, it appears that the 8200 calBP 'climate event' coin- cides not only with clear breaks (and possible lacu- nae) in sequences at major settlements in the Balikh valley, Cilicia, and the Konya plain, but also with po- tential evidence for warfare in Pisidia, as well as with an intensification of Neolithic dispersal into western Anatolia, the Aegean, and south-eastern Europe. In this context, it is of particular interest to note some remarks made recently by M. Özdogan (2005) who, in refer- ence to the spread of Neolithic lifeways and traditions west- wards from their 'formative zone', writes: "The fact that the expansion continued on [be- yond western Anatolia and the Marmara region], rather quick- ly reaching the farthest extents of Europe, implies that some sort of social turbulence must have been the main reason, giving way to what can be de- scribed as the motivation to mi- grate" (Özdogan 2005.20-21). Might then this 'social turbu- lence' be partly explained, at least for the Lake District, by the outbreak of warfare in the late seventh and early sixth mil- lennium calBC? If so, how might this conflict relate to the roughly contemporaneous interludes of settlement reorganisation at the sites of ^atalhöyük, Yumuktepe and Tell Sabi Abyad? Although Özdogan makes no suggestions himself as to the possible 'moti- vation' behind migration, the apparent coincidence of the 8.2 ka calBP 'climate event' with this period of intensive Neolithic dispersal may be critical. In the semi-arid interior of the Anatolian peninsular and in northern Syria, communities may have been struck by particularly cold/severe winters and springs, combined with either drought condi- tions or the effects of more extensive rainfalls and snowfalls. These would have placed an increased strain on resources, leading ultimately to food shor- tages and famine situations; substantiation for such a scenario is certainly found in historical accounts from central parts of the Anatolian peninsular (Chri- stiansen-Weniger 1964). As noted by J. Yakar (2000.229), the only sensible way to alleviate such problems "is for farming com- munities to temporarily minimize the pressure on the carrying capacity of the land. The best solution is to re- locate much of the livestock and part of the community to less affected habitats". He stres- ses, however, that any transloca- tion of even small groups of pa- storalists and/or farmers to areas beyond the crisis zone can lead "to territorial disputes, and large-scale intrusions may well have sparked serious conflicts and anarchy'. This same basic assumption, i.e. that climate change affects societies by alter- ing agricultural productivity and consequently social stability, is encountered in most studies to have focused on the effects of climate deterioration on human society. Could this then also be a likely scenario for the late sev- enth and early sixth millennium calBC in Anatolia? Had the cli- mate in central and eastern parts of the peninsular become too unpredictable? Did parts of the population from these regions seek alternative territories in ad- jacent, less afflicted areas? In- deed, this may have led not only to a reorganisation of their own communities, for example, as at gatal- höyük, Mersin-Yumuktepe and Sabi Abyad, but also to the destruction and periodical abandonment of settlements encountered in the latter, e.g. in Pisidia. As noted by Keeley (1996.139), "Droughts figure fre- quently in examples of disaster-driven warfare". Finally, and perhaps most controversially, are we witnessing a climate induced intensification of Fig. 11. Cumulative calibrated dating probability of radiocarbon data from gatalhöyük East (Weninger et al. 2005.Tab.4j and gatalhöyük West (Tab. 5) in relation to GISP2 S16O/18O (Grootes et al. 1993) (top) and the Holocene non-sea-salt [K+] series for the GISP2 ice core from Gre- enland (O'Brien et al. 1995; Mayewski et al. 1997) (bottom). In contrast to published GISP2 ages (Grootes er al. 1993), GISP216O/18O records (top) and GISP2 [K+] records (bottom) are shifted 40 yrs to the youn- ger, as proposed by Weninger et al. (2006) and Vinther et al. (2006). Neolithisation processes from the semi-arid 'forma- tive zone' of Neolithic genesis westwards into both the Aegean region and into centres of south-eastern European 'Early Neolithic' development, e.g. in Thes- saly, in the Strumon valley, and beyond? 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Bericht der Römisch- Germanischen Kommission 85:37-95. Appendix Date List: 14C-Data from archaeological sites referenced in the text The radiocarbon dates are cited according to the ori- ginal publication (reference). There are cases when the archaeological sample description is only avail- able from secondary and higher order data descrip- tions, and notably from the following on-line data- bases: Reingruber and Thissen 2004: www.canew.org/ download.html Gerard 2001: www.canew.org/download.html Thisssen 2007: www.canew.org/download.html Böhner 2006: www.context-database.uni-koeln.de. Conventional 14C-ages [BP ± 1 g] are defined as di- mensionless logarithmic 14C count rates of dated samples relative to the standard NBS Oxalic Acid (Mook and van der Plicht 1999). Calibrated ages [calBC ± 1 g] are calculated with the CalPal program (www.calpal.de) using methods of Weninger (1986) as the base of the INTCAL04 14C-age tree-ring cali- bration database (Reimer et al. 2004). Numeric cali- brated ages are given as median values, with errors (p = 68.2% interval derived from the calibrated age distribution) rounded to the nearest decade. Lab code 14C age (BP) 813C Material Species Period Site Locus Cal age (calBP) Reference P-315 6926 ± 95 n.d. charcoal (poutre) level IA Room 5, Roof Beam 7780 ± 90 Ralph and Stuckenrath 1962 P-315A 7047 ± 221 n.d. charcoal level IA Room 5, Roof Beam 7900 ± 210 Ralph and Stuckenrath 1962 P-313 7150 ± 98 n.d. charcoal level VI Area E, ash from fireplace 7990 ± 110 Ralph and Stuckenrath 1962 P-326A 7169 ± 131 n.d. n.d. 8000 ±140 Bienert 2000 P-316 717° ± 134 n.d. charcoal level IIA Area N, Room 4, Roof Beam 8000 ±140 Ralph and Stuckenrath 1962 P-316A 7172 ± 127 n.d. charcoal level IIA Area N, Room 4, Roof Beam 8010 ±130 Ralph and Stuckenrath 1962 P-314 7340 ± 94 n.d. charcoal level IX Area E, ash from fireplace 8170 ± 110 Ralph and Stuckenrath 1962 P-313A 7350 ± 85 n.d. charcoal level VI Area E, ash from fireplace 8180 ± 110 Ralph and Stuckenrath 1962 P-326 7386 ± 131 n.d. charcoal 8200 ±130 Bienert 2000 AA-41604 7398 ± 63 n.d. charcoal juniper level VI Area P, Burnt Post, id BM-48 8230 ± 80 Thissen 2006 AA-41603 7452 ± 51 n.d. charcoal juniper level VI Area P, Burnt Post, id BM-48 8280 ± 60 Thissen 2006 AA-41602 7468 ± 51 n.d. charcoal juniper level VI Area P, Burnt Post, id BM-48 8290 ± 60 Thissen 2006 BM-48 7550 ± 180 n.d. charcoal level VI Area P, Burnt Post 8360 ±180 Barker and Mackey 1960 BM-125 7770 ±180 n.d. charcoal level VII Area P, Corner Beam from room 8660 ± 230 Barker and Mackey 1963 BM-127 8700 ±180 n.d. charcoal level V "aceramic" Area Q, ash from fireplace 9810 ± 240 Barker and Mackey 1963 Tab. 1. Hacilar (37.57°N, 30.08°W). Database references: Gerard 2001; Thisssen 2006; Böhner 2006. Lab code HC age (BP) 8n3C Material Species Period Cal age (calBP) Reference Hd-9988/10341 4620 ± 60 n.d. charcoal n.d. L-CH 5310 ± 140 Duru 1994 Hd-9992/10363 4650 ± 55 n.d. charcoal n.d. L-CH 5400 ± 70 Duru 1994 Hd-9990/10361 4690 ± 60 n.d. charcoal n.d. L-CH 5440 ± 100 Duru 1994 Hd-9991/10362 4720 ± 60 n.d. charcoal n.d. L-CH 5450 ± 100 Duru 1994 Hd-9989/10360 4740 ± 50 n.d. charcoal n.d. L-CH 5460 ± 100 Duru 1994 - 4795 ± 82 n.d. n.d. L-CH 5490 ± 110 Duru 1994 - 517° ± 7° n.d. charcoal n.d. PN 5910 ± 110 Duru 1983 - 5450 ± 52 n.d. n.d. L-CH 6240 ± 50 Duru 1994 HD-12917/12830 7045 ± 95 n.d. bone n.d. PN 7850 ± 90 Duru 1994 HD-12916/12674 7140 ± 35 n.d. bone n.d. PN 7940± 50 Duru 1994 - 7214 ± 38 n.d. charcoal n.d. PN 8040 ± 60 Duru 1983 HD-12915/12673 7310 ± 70 n.d. bone n.d. PN 8100 ± 70 Duru 1994 Tab. 2. Kurugay Höyük (37.63°N, 30.16°W) Lab code n4C age (BP) 8n3C Material Species Period Site Locus Cal age (calBP) Reference HD-14217/13822 7349 ± 38 n.d. charcoal n.d. Shrine Phase post 8150 ± 70 Duru 1995 - 7350 ± 50 n.d. charcoal n.d. Shrine Phase post 8170 ± 90 Duru 1994b - 7350 ± 50 n.d. charcoal n.d. Shrine Phase post 8170 ± 90 Duru 1994b - 7540 ± 45 n.d. charcoal n.d. Shrine Phase post 8360 ± 40 Duru 1994b HD-14218/14002 7551 ± 46 n.d. charcoal n.d. Shrine Phase post 8370 ± 40 Duru 1995 HD-14219/14007 7556 ± 45 n.d. charcoal n.d. Shrine Phase post 8370 ± 30 Duru 1995 Tab. 3. Höyücek (37.45°N, 30.55°W) Lab code n4C age (BP) S13C Material Species Period Cal age (calBP) Reference Hd-21046 7307 ± 41 n.d. n.d. n.d. EN II/1 8110 ± 50 Thissen 2006 Hd-21016 7424 ± 37 n.d. n.d. n.d. EN II/4 8260 ± 50 Thissen 2006 Hd-21058 7459 ± 51 n.d. n.d. n.d. ENII/3 8280 ± 60 Thissen 2006 Hd-22279 7465 ± 27 n.d. charcoal n.d. EN II/4A 8280 ± 60 Duru 2004 Hd-21015 7481 ± 40 n.d. n.d. n.d. EN II/4 8290 ± 60 Thissen 2006 Hd-20910 7546 ± 41 n.d. n.d. n.d. EN II/3 8370 ± 30 Duru 2002 Hd-22339 7553 ± 31 n.d. charcoal n.d. EN II/4-3A 8380 ± 30 Duru 2004 Hd-22340 7949 ± 31 n.d. charcoal n.d. EN I/8 8830 ±110 Duru 2004 Tab. 4. Bademagaci (37.22°N, 30.49°W) Lab code n4C age (BP) Sn3C Material Species Period Cal age (calBP) Reference PL- 980524A 6940 ± 80 n.d. charcoal n.d. Early Chalcol th c 5840 ± 80 Göktürk et al. 2002 AA-27981 7040 ± 40 n.d. charcoal n.d. Early Chalcol th c 5940 ± 50 Göktürk et al. 2002 OxA-11763 6626 ± 36 -22,20 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7520 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11762 6662 ± 38 -21,80 seeds hackberry Early Chalcol th c 7540 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-12105 6682 ± 34 -19,60 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7550 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11764 6707 ± 38 -22,10 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7570 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11764 6730 ± 40 -22,00 seeds hackberry Early Chalcol th c 7600 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-12106 6894 ± 34 -10,10 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7730 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11760 6904± 39 -22,40 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7740 ± 50 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11773 6915 ± 34 -23,90 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7750 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11756 6937 ± 38 -20,80 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7770 ± 50 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11754 6945±39 -21,90 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7780 ± 50 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11774 6969 ± 36 -22,70 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7800 ± 50 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-12089 6990 ± 40 -22,20 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7840 ± 60 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11758 7028 ± 37 -23,10 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7880 ± 50 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11759 7028 ±39 -23,60 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7880 ± 50 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11755 7049 ±39 -23,40 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7890 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11750 7065 ± 40 -21,50 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7900 ± 40 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11751 7070 ± 45 -23,50 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7900 ± 50 Higham et al. 2007 OxA-11757 7103± 39 -23,60 seeds cereal Early Chalcol th c 7930 ± 50 Higham et al. 2007 Tab. 5. CatalhöyükWest (37.66°N, 32.82°W). Database references: Thissen 2007 (CaNEW, March 2007). Lab code n4C age (BP) 813C Material Species Phase Cal age (calBP) Reference R-805 5360 ± 80 n.d. seeds Triticum XIIB 6140 ±110 Caneva 1999 R-602 5940± 70 n.d. charcoal n.d. XIIB 6780 ± 90 Caneva 1999 R-1010 6675 ± 70 n.d. charcoal n.d. XVI 7550 ± 60 Caneva 1999 R-809 6980 ± 80 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXV 7820 ± 90 Caneva 1999 R-1345 7010 ± 75 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXV 7840 ± 80 Caneva 1999 R-806 7030 ± 90 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXV 7850 ± 90 Thissen 2007 R-7090 7090 ± 70 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXV 7910 ± 70 Caneva 1999 R-956 7090 ± 70 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXVI 7910 ± 70 Caneva 1999 R-957 7100 ± 70 n.d. charcoal n.d. n.d. 7920 ± 70 Caneva 1999 R-807 7160 ± 80 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXVI 8000 ± 90 Caneva 1999 R-1226 7280 ± 70 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXVI 8100 ± 70 Caneva 1999 R-808 7380 ± 80 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXVI 8200 ±110 Thissen 2006 R-1011 7545 ± 75 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXVI 8330 ± 80 Caneva 1999 R-1343 7640 ± 80 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXX-XXXIII 8460 ± 70 Caneva 1999 R-1344 7750 ± 80 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXX-XXXIII 8540 ± 80 Thissen 2007 R-734 7790 ± 80 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXX-XXXIII 8600 ±110 Thissen 2007 R-467 7920 ± 90 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXX-XXXIII 8790 ±140 Caneva 1999 W-617 795° ± 250 n.d. charcoal n.d. XXXIII 8860 ±310 Caneva 1999 Tab. 6. Mersin-Yumuktepe (36.80°N, 34.60°W) Lab code n4C age (BP) 813C Material Species Period Cal age (calBP) Reference Beta-178748 6900 ± 70 n.d. charcoal n.d. Phase IVb2 7750 ± 70 Derin et al. 2004 Beta-178747 6980 ± 60 n.d. charcoal n.d. Phase IVb2 7820 ± 80 Derin et al. 2004 Beta-188371 7110 ± 40 n.d. charcoal n.d. Phase V 7930 ± 50 Derin et al. 2004 Beta-188370 7120 ± 50 n.d. charcoal n.d. Phase V 7940 ± 50 Derin et al. 2004 Beta-188372 7300 ± 40 n.d. charcoal n.d. Phase V 8110 ± 50 Derin et al. 2004 Tab. 7. Ulucak (38.46°N, 27.35°W) Lab code 14C age (BP) S13C Material Species Period Site Locus Cal age (calBP) Reference KN-5811 7505 ± 30 -26.40 charcoal n.d. Early Chalcolithic Phase III.8, AGZ-Lib, 15.25-14.80 m 8330 ± 50 Derin 2007 Tab. 8. Yesilova (38.45°N, 27.22°W) Lab code 14C age (BP) 813C Material Species Period Site Locus Cal age (calBP) Reference GrN-19356 6520 ±110 n.d. charcoal n.d. Early Chalcolithic phase II 7420 ±100 Özdogan 1997 GrN-19782 6890 ± 60 n.d. charcoal n.d. Early Chalcolithic phase II 7740 ± 60 Özdogan 1997 GrN-19310 6890 ±280 n.d. charcoal n.d. Early Chalcolithic phase II 7760 ±250 Özdogan 1997 GrN-19781 6900 ±110 n.d. charcoal n.d. Early Chalcolithic phase II 7760 ±110 Özdogan 1997 GrN-19780 6920 ± 90 n.d. charcoal n.d. Early Chalcolithic phase II 7770 ± 90 Özdogan 1997 GrN-19311 6960 ± 65 n.d. charcoal n.d. Early Chalcolithic phase II 7800 ± 80 Özdogan 1997 Hd-16726/17084 7005 ± 33 n.d. n.d. n.d. Pottery Neolithic phase III 7860 ± 50 Karul 2000 Hd-16727/17038 7028 ± 50 n.d. n.d. n.d. Pottery Neolithic phase III 7870 ± 60 Karul 2000 GrN-19357 7135 ±270 n.d. charcoal n.d. Pottery Neolithic phase III 7980 ±260 Özdoggan 1997 GrN-19355 7200 ±180 n.d. charcoal n.d. Pottery Neolithic phase IV 8030 ±180 Özdoggan 1997 Hd-16724/17186 7239 ± 29 n.d. n.d. n.d. Pottery Neolithic phase III 8070 ± 60 Özdoggan 1997 GrN-19779 7360 ± 35 n.d. charcoal n.d. Pottery Neolithic phase IV 8180 ± 80 Karul 2000 Hd-16725/119145 7496 ± 69 n.d. n.d. n.d. Pottery Neolithic phase IV 8300 ± 70 Karul 2000 Bln-4609 7637 ± 43 n.d. n.d. n.d. Pottery Neolithic phase IV 8450 ± 50 Karul 2000 Tab. 9. Hoca &§me (40.70°N, 26.13°W) 14C age (BP) 8n3C Material Period Operation/Phase Cal age (calBP) Reference 6670 ±100 n.d. charcoal Halaf Op.I, NE-Mound 7550 ± 80 Akkermans 1997 693° ± 45 n.d. seeds Transitional Balikh IIIA Op. II, level 2, on floor of oven 7770 ± 50 Akkermans et al. 2006 6930 ± 80 n.d. charcoal Transitional Balikh IIIA Op. I, level 4 7780 ± 80 Akkermans 1993 6975 ± 30 n.d. seeds Early Halaf Op. I, level 1 7810 ± 50 Akkermans 1993 7005 ± 30 n.d. charcoal Early Halaf Op. I, level 2 7860 ± 50 Akkermans 1993 7025 ± 25 n.d. seeds Transitional Balikh IIIA Op. I, level 6, floor of building 7880 ± 40 Akkermans & Verhoeven 1995 7025 ± 45 n.d. seeds Transitional Balikh IIIA Op. II, level 2, in fill of hearth 7870 ± 60 Akkermans et al. 2006 7065 ± 30 n.d. seeds Early Halaf Op. I, level 3 7900 ± 40 Akkermans 1992 7075 ± 30 n.d. seeds Transitional Balikh IIIA Op. I, level 4 7910 ± 40 Akkermans 1993 7080 ± 80 n.d. seeds Pre-Halaf Op.I, Level 8 7900 ± 80 Akkermans 1993 7100 ± 60 n.d. charcoal Transitional Balikh IIIA Op. I, level 6, SE area room 7, floor 7920 ± 60 Akkermans & Verhoeven 1995 7145 ± 30 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op. I, level 8-10 7980 ± 30 Akkermans 1993 7150 ± 90 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op.I, NE-mound 7980 ±100 Akkermans 1993 7170 ± 90 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op.I, NE-mound 8010 ±100 Akkermans 1993 719° ± 55 n.d. seeds Pre-Halaf Op. I, level 7, in fill of pit 8030 ± 60 Akkermans et al. 2006 7190 ± 60 n.d. seeds Transitional Balikh IIIA Op. I, level 5, in fill of oven 8040 ± 70 Akkermans et al. 2006 7225 ± 30 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op.I, NE-mound 8050 ± 60 Akkermans 1993 7240 ± 50 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op. I, level 7, on floor of circular building 8070 ± 70 Akkermans et al. 2006 7240 ± 50 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op. V, level 2, in fill of oven 8070 ± 70 Akkermans et al. 2006 7250 ± 50 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op. V, level 2, in fill of oven 8080 ± 60 Akkermans et al. 2006 7250 ± 50 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op. V, level 2, in fill of oven 8080 ± 60 Akkermans et al. 2006 7350 ± 50 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op. V, level 2, in fill of oven 8170 ± 90 Akkermans et al. 2006 7360 ± 25 n.d. seeds Early Ceramic Neolithic Op. III, level 2, slightly above floor in building II 8180 ± 40 Akkermans et al. 2006 7370 ± 55 n.d. charcoal Pre-Halaf Op. V, level 2, in fill of building III 8190 ±100 Akkermans et al. 2006 7400 ± 25 n.d. seeds Early Ceramic Neolithic Op. III, level 2, slightly above floor in building II 8250 ± 50 Akkermans et al. 2006 7440 ± 50 n.d. charcoal Early Ceramic Neolithic Op. IV, level 1, on floor in room of building I 8270 ± 60 Akkermans et al. 2006 7465 ± 35 n.d. seeds Early Halaf Op. I, level 1-3 8280 ± 60 Akkermans 1993 7475 ± 45 n.d. charcoal Early Ceramic Neolithic Op. III, level 3, floor in room 8290 ± 60 Akkermans et al. 2006 7525 ± 45 n.d. charcoal Early Ceramic Neolithic Op. III, level 3, slightly above floor in room 8330 ± 60 Akkermans et al. 2006 7570 ± 50 n.d. charcoal Early Ceramic Neolithic Op. III, level 2, in fill of building IV 8380 ± 40 Akkermans et al. 2006 7720 ± 50 n.d. charcoal Early Ceramic Neolithic Op. III, level 2, on floor in oven 8500 ± 50 Akkermans et al. 2006 Tab. 10. Sabi Abyad (36.52°N, 39.10°W) back to contents