Site types
Settlement and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
037.456° N, 030.590° E
Coordinates (DMS)
037° 27' 00" E, 030° 35' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Türkiye (TR)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (18)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Hd-14219/14007 charcoal NA NA 7556±45 BP 8423–8214 cal BP Duru 1995 473 478 Bird et al. 2022
Hd-14219-14007 Temple Phase; post; Shrine phase, last architectural level; post; phase ShP, post charcoal NA NA 7556±45 BP 8423–8214 cal BP Thissen 2002; Duru and Umurtak 2005; CalPal; Brami and Zanotti 2015; Flohr et al. 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
HD-14219/14007 Unidentified charcoal NA NA 7556±45 BP 8423–8214 cal BP Duru 1994b: 742 Duru 1995: 473 478 Duru & Umurtak 2005: 226 Bird et al. 2022
Hd-14218-14002 Temple Phase; post; Shrine phase, last architectural level; post; phase ShP, post charcoal NA NA 7551±46 BP 8421–8210 cal BP Thissen 2002; Duru and Umurtak 2005; CalPal; Brami and Zanotti 2015; Flohr et al. 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-14218/14002 charcoal NA NA 7551±46 BP 8421–8210 cal BP Duru 1995 473 478 Bird et al. 2022
HD-14218/14002 Unidentified charcoal NA NA 7551±46 BP 8421–8210 cal BP Duru 1994b: 742 Duru 1995: 473 478 Duru & Umurtak 2005: 226 Bird et al. 2022
Hd- Phase ShP, post; phase ShP, post; Shrine phase; post charcoal NA NA 7540±45 BP 8415–8207 cal BP Thissen 2002; Brami 2014; Brami and Zanotti 2015; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
DEM-256 1990 II 3 charcoal NA NA 7480±34 BP 8371–8196 cal BP Φακορέλλης 1996. PhD Thesis Palmisano et al. 2022
DEM-256 charcoal NA NA 7480±34 BP 8371–8196 cal BP Sampson et al. 1998: 283 Bird et al. 2022
DEM-302 charcoal NA NA 7478±44 BP 8372–8193 cal BP Vermeersch 2020 Bird et al. 2022
DEM-302 1990 II 3 charcoal NA NA 7478±44 BP 8372–8193 cal BP Φακορέλλης 1996. PhD Thesis Palmisano et al. 2022
UtC-3793 ESP2; phase ESP 2; Early settlement phase 2 bone NA NA 7393±38 BP 8339–8041 cal BP Thissen 2002; Duru and Umurtak 2005; CalPal; Brami and Zanotti 2015; Flohr et al. 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
Utc-3793 Phase ESP 2, Early Settlements Phase bone Animalia NA 7393±38 BP 8339–8041 cal BP Reingruber and Thissen 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd- Shrine phase; post charcoal NA NA 7350±70 BP 8328–8020 cal BP Thissen 2002; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd- Phase ShP, post; phase ShP, post; Shrine phase; post charcoal NA NA 7350±50 BP 8318–8025 cal BP Thissen 2002; Brami 2014; Brami and Zanotti 2015; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-14217-13822 Temple Phase; post; Shrine phase, last architectural level; post; phase ShP, post charcoal NA NA 7349±38 BP 8288–8028 cal BP Thissen 2002; Duru and Umurtak 2005; CalPal; Brami and Zanotti 2015; Flohr et al. 2016 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-14217/13822 charcoal NA NA 7349±38 BP 8288–8028 cal BP Duru 1995 473 478 Bird et al. 2022
HD-14217/13822 Unidentified charcoal NA NA 7349±38 BP 8288–8028 cal BP Duru 1994b: 742 Duru 1995: 473 478 Duru & Umurtak 2005: 226 Bird et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (0)

Classification Estimated age References

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Φακορέλλης 1996. PhD Thesis,
  
}
@misc{Thissen 2002; Brami 2014; Brami and Zanotti 2015; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Thissen 2002; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Thissen 2002; Duru and Umurtak 2005; CalPal; Brami and Zanotti 2015; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Reingruber and Thissen 2016,
  
}
@misc{Sampson et al. 1998: 283,
  
}
@article{Vermeersch2020,
  title = {Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included},
  author = {Vermeersch, Pierre M},
  year = {2020},
  month = {aug},
  journal = {Data Brief},
  volume = {31},
  pages = {105793},
  issn = {2352-3409},
  doi = {10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793},
  abstract = {At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations, was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites connecting them to their environmental conditions and the available chronometric dating. From version 14 on, only sites with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated with a "cultural" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic, sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database. For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is available as a *.kmz file. It will give the possibility to introduce (by file open) in Google Earth the whole site list in "My Places". The database, version 27 (first version was available in 2002), contains now 13,202 site forms, (most of them with their geographical coordinates), comprising 17,022 radiometric data: Conv. 14C and AMS 14C (13,144 items), TL (678 items), OSL (1050 items), ESR, Th/U and AAR (2150 items) from the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. All 14C dates are conventional dates BP. This improved version 27 replaces the older version 26.},
  month_numeric = {8}
}
@misc{Duru 1994b: 742 Duru 1995: 473 478 Duru & Umurtak 2005: 226,
  
}
@misc{Duru 1995 473 478,
  
}
@article{NERD,
  title = {The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 Cal. Yr. BP},
  shorttitle = {The NERD Dataset},
  author = {Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen},
  date = {2022-02-22},
  volume = {10},
  number = {0},
  pages = {2},
  publisher = {Ubiquity Press},
  issn = {2049-1565},
  doi = {10.5334/joad.90},
  url = {https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.90},
  urldate = {2023-09-07},
  abstract = {To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP). It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape, Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with newly published radiocarbon dates.},
  issue = {0},
  langid = {american},
  file = {/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2022/Palmisano_et_al_2022.pdf}
}
@article{p3k14c,
  title = {P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates},
  author = {Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick and Bocinsky, R. Kyle and Nicholson, Chris and Capriles, José M. and Finley, Judson Byrd and Gayo, Eugenia M. and Gil, Adolfo and d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade and Hoggarth, Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline and Palmisano, Alessio and Solheim, Steinar and Kelly, Robert L. and Freeman, Jacob},
  year = {2022},
  month = {jan},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  pages = {27},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
  issn = {2052-4463},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7},
  abstract = {Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple regions of the world. These data provide unprecedented potential for comparative research on human population ecology and the evolution of social-ecological systems across the Earth. However, these databases have been developed using different sample selection criteria, which has resulted in interoperability issues for global-scale, comparative paleo-demographic research and integration with paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental data. We present a synthetic, global-scale archaeological radiocarbon database composed of 180,070 radiocarbon dates that have been cleaned according to a standardized sample selection criteria. This database increases the reusability of archaeological radiocarbon data and streamlines quality control assessments for various types of paleo-demographic research. As part of an assessment of data quality, we conduct two analyses of sampling bias in the global database at multiple scales. This database is ideal for paleo-demographic research focused on dates-as-data, bayesian modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.},
  copyright = {2022 The Author(s)},
  langid = {english},
  keywords = {Archaeology,Chemistry},
  month_numeric = {1}
}
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:bibtex_key: Φακορέλλης 1996. PhD Thesis
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Thissen 2002; Brami 2014; Brami and Zanotti 2015; CalPal; Flohr et al.
  2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Thissen 2002; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Thissen 2002; Duru and Umurtak 2005; CalPal; Brami and Zanotti 2015;
  Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Reingruber and Thissen 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: 'Sampson et al. 1998: 283'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: Vermeersch2020
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database: A Regularly Updated Dataset
    of the Radiometric Data Regarding the Palaeolithic of Europe, Siberia Included}"
  :author: "{Vermeersch, Pierre M}"
  :year: "{2020}"
  :month: "{aug}"
  :journal: "{Data Brief}"
  :volume: "{31}"
  :pages: "{105793}"
  :issn: "{2352-3409}"
  :doi: "{10.1016/j.dib.2020.105793}"
  :abstract: '{At the Berlin INQUA Congress (1995) a working group, European Late
    Pleistocene Isotopic Stages 2 & 3: Humans, Their Ecology & Cultural Adaptations,
    was established under the direction of J. Renault-Miskovsky (Institut de Paléontologie
    humaine, Paris). One of the objectives was building a database of the human occupation
    of Europe during this period. The database has been enlarged and now includes
    Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites connecting them to their environmental
    conditions and the available chronometric dating. From version 14 on, only sites
    with chronometric data were included. In this database we have collected the available
    radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We
    try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates, collected from all kind
    of available publications. Only dates older than 9500 uncalibrated BP, correlated
    with a "cultural" level obtained by scientific excavations of European (Asian
    Russian Federation included) Palaeolithic sites, have been included. The dates
    are complemented with information related to cultural remains, stratigraphic,
    sedimentologic and palaeontologic information within a Microsoft Access database.
    For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an Microsoft
    Excel list (with no details) is available (Tab. 1). A file, containing all sites
    with known coordinates, that can be opened for immediate use in Google Earth is
    available as a *.kmz file. It will give the possibility to introduce (by file
    open) in Google Earth the whole site list in "My Places". The database, version
    27 (first version was available in 2002), contains now 13,202 site forms, (most
    of them with their geographical coordinates), comprising 17,022 radiometric data:
    Conv. 14C and AMS 14C (13,144 items), TL (678 items), OSL (1050 items), ESR, Th/U
    and AAR (2150 items) from the Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. All 14C dates
    are conventional dates BP. This improved version 27 replaces the older version
    26.}'
  :month_numeric: "{8}"
---
:bibtex_key: 'Duru 1994b: 742 Duru 1995: 473 478 Duru & Umurtak 2005: 226'
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Duru 1995 473 478
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: NERD
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500
    Cal. Yr. BP}"
  :shorttitle: "{The NERD Dataset}"
  :author: "{Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen}"
  :date: "{2022-02-22}"
  :volume: "{10}"
  :number: "{0}"
  :pages: "{2}"
  :publisher: "{Ubiquity Press}"
  :issn: "{2049-1565}"
  :doi: "{10.5334/joad.90}"
  :url: "{https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.90}"
  :urldate: "{2023-09-07}"
  :abstract: "{To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the
    largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near
    East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP).
    It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected
    comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and
    databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation
    reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing
    the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape,
    Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient
    Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with
    newly published radiocarbon dates.}"
  :issue: "{0}"
  :langid: "{american}"
  :file: "{/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2022/Palmisano_et_al_2022.pdf}"
---
- :bibtex_key: p3k14c
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates}"
  :author: "{Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick
    and Bocinsky, R. Kyle and Nicholson, Chris and Capriles, José M. and Finley, Judson
    Byrd and Gayo, Eugenia M. and Gil, Adolfo and d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade and Hoggarth,
    Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline
    and Palmisano, Alessio and Solheim, Steinar and Kelly, Robert L. and Freeman,
    Jacob}"
  :year: "{2022}"
  :month: "{jan}"
  :journal: "{Scientific Data}"
  :volume: "{9}"
  :number: "{1}"
  :pages: "{27}"
  :publisher: "{Nature Publishing Group}"
  :issn: "{2052-4463}"
  :doi: "{10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7}"
  :abstract: "{Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model
    prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent
    projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple
    regions of the world. These data provide unprecedented potential for comparative
    research on human population ecology and the evolution of social-ecological systems
    across the Earth. However, these databases have been developed using different
    sample selection criteria, which has resulted in interoperability issues for global-scale,
    comparative paleo-demographic research and integration with paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental
    data. We present a synthetic, global-scale archaeological radiocarbon database
    composed of 180,070 radiocarbon dates that have been cleaned according to a standardized
    sample selection criteria. This database increases the reusability of archaeological
    radiocarbon data and streamlines quality control assessments for various types
    of paleo-demographic research. As part of an assessment of data quality, we conduct
    two analyses of sampling bias in the global database at multiple scales. This
    database is ideal for paleo-demographic research focused on dates-as-data, bayesian
    modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.}"
  :copyright: "{2022 The Author(s)}"
  :langid: "{english}"
  :keywords: "{Archaeology,Chemistry}"
  :month_numeric: "{1}"

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