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Findik Kayabasi |
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Type:
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Flat Settlement |
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Altitude:
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940 m |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Kütahya |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Findikköy |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Ceramic |
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| Location: This site lies northeast of the city of Kütahya; approximately 3 km northeast of the village of Sabuncular-Findik; at the border of the provinces of Kütahya and Eskisehir. The site lies 500 m south of the Eskisehir-Kütahya railroad tracks. |
| Geography and Environment: The site lies on the northern side of a rocky outcrop. Efe believes that this slope; now very steep; was previously terraced [Efe 1995b:106]. The rocky areas rise steeply out of two sides of the cliff. The eastern rocks have rooms; probably Byzantine in date; carved into them. The site lies south of Findik Stream or Asi Stream which is a tributary of Kargin Stream. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The steep rock-outcrop-site; discovered by C.H.E. Haspels; was visited by T. Efe during his 1988 survey of the Kütahya; Eskisehir and Bilecik Provinces [Efe 1990:409; fig.16]. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Stratigraphy: In addition to Neolithic finds; a couple of Early Bronze Age sherds and other wheel-made ceramic fragments suggest that the site was used as a temporary habitation area in later periods. |
| Small Finds: Pottery: The sherds assigned to the Neolithic by Efe are described as having grit temper and being gray and grayish-brown in color. The surfaces are rarely slipped (and if they are; usually with red slip) and have instead been well smoothed and burnished. The ware is well fired. The most common Neolithic forms are "S" shaped; thick-lipped; round-bodied deep bowls and jars [Efe 1995b:fig.1-6; 8]. Shallow bowls are very rare. All forms have flat bottoms. Pierced lugs are difficult to find. One box-shaped vessel with groove decoration resembles Fikirtepe finds [Efe 1995b:fig.2/12]. In addition; brown clay ware with thick; cream-colored slip and a red painted band and decorated with diagonally placed parallel lines was found. Chipped Stone: Most of the chipped stone tools found on the surface are of flint; although one obsidian blade was found. The industry can be classified as a flake industry. Some of the chipped stone tools resemble microliths [Efe 1995b:1-6]. |
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| Interpretation and Dating: Efe assigns this site to the Neolithic by comparing the finds with those from other sites. Because the ceramic ware and forms are simpler than Fikirtepe pottery; and because this site lacks pierced lugs; Efe suggests that the site should be assigned to the earliest Ceramic Neolithic Period; before Fikirtepe [Efe 1995b:109]. The box-shaped vessel with grooved decoration and the slipped; red painted ware show close affinity with finds from Ilipinar X. |
