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atalhyk#is#inscribed#to#the#UNESCO#World#Heritage#List# atalhyk(UNESCO(Dnya(Kltr(Miras(Listesine(Girdi(......(3# # Preliminary#results#of#the#new# Excavations#Overview# geophysical#research# Yeni(jeofizik(yzey(aratrmas(n( Kaz(Sonular$......$4( sonular(..........(6$ # Other#Activities# Dier(Aktiviteler(.....(8(

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almalar(yrtmekteyiz.(Ayn(zamanda( Hyn(konservasyon(ve(geni(kitlelere( sunum(almalarna(da(devam(ediyoruz.( Ama(en(nemlisi(bu(sene,(1(Temmuz( 2012de(atalhyk,(Dnya(Kltur(Miras( Listesine(eklenmitir.(( atalhykn(yerleim(dzenini(sadece( Gney(ve(Kuzey(Alanlarndaki(kaz( almalarndan(anlamak(mmkn( olmadndan,(bu(sene,(Gney(korugannn( dousunda(TPC(diye(adlandrdmz(bir( alanda(yeni(almalara(baladk.(Bat( Hykte(yerleimin(ge(evrelerine(ait( almalar(da(devam(etmektedir.(( Ayrca(iki(jeofizik(tarama(ekibi(Dou(Hyk( zerinde(geni(apl(almalarda( bulunmutur.(Buna(benzer(bir(almay( daha(nce(1990l(yllarda(gerekletirmi( olsak(da,(o(tarihten(beri(sz(konusu(teknoloji( olduka(geliti.(Bunun(sonucunda(yerleim( dzenini(anlamak(asndan(yeni(verilerin( elde(edileceini(dndmzden,(bu( almann(tekrar(gerekletirilmesini( faydal(grdk.(Yaplan(almalarda( yerleimin(sadece(birbirine(bitiik(evler(ve( plk(alanlarndan(olutuu(teyit(edilmi,( hyn(kuzeyindeki(evler(arasnda(dikey( ayrmlar(olduu(grlmtr.((

This#season,#over#160#people#came#to# We#also#had#two#teams#conducting# atalhyk#from#Britain,#the#United#States,# geophysical#survey#over#large#swathes#of#the# France,#Germany,#Canada,#Serbia,#Australia,# East#Mound.#Although#we#had#done#similar# Poland,#Italy##in#fact#23#different#countries# work#in#the#1990s,#the#techniques#have# #to#join#Turkish#colleagues#working#at#the# developed#since#then#to#such#a#degree#that#it# site.#In#the#current#phase#we#are#trying#to# seemed#worthwhile#to#conduct#a#new#survey# work#out#how#the#organization#of# to#see#if#there#was#any#aspect#of#spatial# atalhyk#developed#in#the#earliest#levels# organization#that#we#had#missed#in#the# and#how#it#developed#in#the#latest#levels,# earlier#work.#In#fact#what#we#were#able#to# including#onto#the#Chalcolithic#West# see#using#groundSpenetrating#radar#has#only# Mound.#We#continue#to#engage#with# fortified#our#view#tat#the#mound#consists# conservation#efforts#and#the#presentation#of# only#of#closely#packed#houses#and#areas#of# the#site#to#the#wider#public.## midden.#There#is,#however,#evidence#of# linear#divisions#such#as#that#running#to#the# Most#importantly#this#year,#on#July#1#the#21S north#of#the#mound.# member#World#Heritage#Committee#of# UNESCO#voted#in#St#Petersburg#to#place# 2012$SEZONUNUN$DEERLENDRMES$ atalhyk#on#the#World#Heritage#List.# Aralarnda(ngiltere,(Amerika,(Fransa,( In#2012#we#also#started#a#new#excavation# Almanya,(Kanada,(Srbistan,(Avustralya(ve( area#termed#TPC#just#to#the#east#of#the# Polonyann(bulunduu(23(farkl(lkeden(160( South#shelter#as#it#is#inadequate#to# ekip(yesi(2012(yaznda(atalhyk(kazsna( reconstruct#the#organization#of#atalhyk# katlarak(Trk(meslektalaryla(buluarak( from#the#two#excavation#areas#beneath#the# yeni(almalara(balamlardr.(Projenin(bu( South#and#North#shelters.#Further,#we# aamasnda(atalhykn(en(erken(ve(en( continue#to#have#teams#working#on#the# ge(devrelerindeki(yerleim(dzeniyle(bu( later#West#Mound.## dzenin(Kalkolitik(Hykteki(geliimlere( nasl(balandn(anlamaya(ynelik(

Our(newsletters(aim(to(provide(a(brief(outline(of(each(seasons(activities(at(atalhyk(as(well(as(summaries(of(some(of(the(research( take(place(on(site.((More(detailed(information(is(available(from(our(website(at(www.catalhoyuk.com(under( research/archive/reports/2012.(

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Project!Director!......................................!Ian#Hodder Project!Coordinator!................................!Banu#Aydnolugil# Assistant!Director#.....................................#Serap#zdl# Government!Representative!..................!Ltfi#nel! Camp!Manager#.........................................#Levent#zer# Site!Assistant#............................................#Oktay#Uzun# Site!Custodians#.........................................#brahim#Eken,#Mustafa# Tokyasun,#Hasan#Tokyasun# Field!Supervisors# .......................................#James#Taylor,#Burcu#Tung# East!Mound!Excavations!.........................!Numan#Arslan,#Erin#Baxter,#Agata# Czeszewska,#Rebecka#Erntell,#Gunhild#Eriksdotter,#Patrycia#Filipowicz,# Ramazan#Gndz,#Susan#Hyden,#Justine#Issavi,#Kristina#Jonsson,#Arek# Klimowicz,#Arek#Marciniak,#Allison#Mickel,#Arne#Sjstrom,#Onur#Yksel## West!Trench!5!Excavations!.....................!Peter#F.#Biehl,#Jacob#Brady,#Clara# Filet,#Daniel#Griswold,#Friederike#Jrcke,#Goce#Naumov,#Sonia#Ostaptchouk,# Jana#Rogasch,#Eva#Rosenstock,#Eugen#Ruzi,#Kilian#Teuwsen,#Talu#Tnta,# Patrick#Willett# West!Trench!8!Excavations!.....................!Funda#Deer,#Burin#Erdou,# Erkan#Gral,#Nejat#Ycel#! 3D!Digging!Project!..................................!Nicolo#DellUnto,#Maurizio#Forte,# Nicola#Lercari,#Matteo#Pilati! Stanford!Field!School!.............................!Brenda#Benavides,#Nicholas# Brown,#Jackie#Low,#Jack#Martinez,#Billy#Sawoyo#Sankei,#Lauren#Sweet# 3D!Digging!Field!School!..........................!Althea#Asaro,#Elisa#Biancifiori,# Chris#Faria,#Francesca#Pajno# Poznan!University!Field!Students!...........!Malwina#Ewa#Brachmanska,# Maciej#Chylenski,#Mateusz#Dembowiak,#Katarzyna#Weronika#Harabasz,# Jedrez#Hordecki,#Weronika#Stosik! Seluk!University!Field!Students!.............!Tue#Ertabak,#Mehmet#Mertek,# Melike#ahin,#Mevriziye#Tuncay! Ege!University!Field!Students!.................!Mert#Atalar,#Inan#Aydoan,#zettin# Elalm,#Sevim#Kurtuldu! Other!Students!and!Volunteers!..............!Renata#Araujo! Survey#.......................................................#Marek#Baraski# Geophysical!Survey!................................!Stefano#Campana,#Gianluca# Catanzariti,#Gianfranco#Morelli,#Jessica#Ogden,#Kristian#Strutt# Conservation#.............................................#Rachael#Greenberg,#Ashley# Morgan#Lingle,#Adam#Klups,#Flavia#Ravaioli,#Joanne#Westbrook# Conservation!Monitoring#.........................#Chris#Cleere# IT!Systems!..............................................!Richard#May## Database!Development!..........................!Claudia#Engel# Reflexive!Methodology!..........................!sa#Berggren,#Alison#Mickel,#Bjorn# Nilsson,#Thomas#Sutcliffe#!

Issue!19,!April!2013!
GIS!.........................................................!Camilla#Mazzucato# Image!and!Media#......................................#Jason#Quinlan# Illustration#................................................#Katy#Killackey# Finds!......................................................!Jennie#Borgstrom,#Alana#Colbert,# Lisa#Guerre# Heavy!Residue#..........................................#Milena#Vasi# Faunal!Team#.............................................#Julia#Best,#Arzu#Demirergi,# Jennifer#Jones,#David#Orton,#Jacqui#Mulville,#Kamilla#Pawowska,#Adrienne# Powell,#Kathryn#Twiss,#Jessie#Wolfhagen# Human!Remains## .......................................#Sabrina#Agarwal,#Barbara#Betz,# Bonnie#Glencross#Jennifer#Byrnes,#Scott#Haddow,#Christopher#Knsel,#Cansu# Kurt,#Clark#Larson,#Inbal#Nachman,#Joshua#Sadvari# Palaeoethnobotany##.................................#Eleni#Asouti,#Mary#Berman,#Amy# Bogaard,#Mike#Charles,#Dorian#Fuller,#Anette#Hansen,#Rachel#Hodara,# Rosemary#Hoshino,#Ceren#Kabukcu,#Hyunyoung#Kim,#Jinok#Lee,#Jacob#Moris,# Charlene#Murphy,#Philippa#Ryan,#Ling#Qin,#Anna#Shoemaker,#Jade#Whitlam# Chipped!Stone#..........................................#Deanna#Aubert,#Tristan#Carter,# Sean#Doyle,#Triantafyllia#Eirini#Dogiama,#Rachel#Ireson,#Danica#Mihailovi,# Adam#Nazaroff# Groundstone#.............................................#Christina#Tsoraki# Pottery#......................................................#Ingmar#Franz,#Hilal#Gltekin,# Duygu#Tarkan#zbudak,#Ozan#zbudak,#Serap#zdl# Figurines!and!Clay!Objects#.......................#Carolyn#Nakamura#Aldrich,#Lucy# Bennison#Chapman,#Lindsay#Der,#Lynn#Meskell# Hearths!..................................................!Sheena#Ketchum# Clay!sourcing#.............................................#Chris#Doherty# Geomorphology#........................................#Gianna#Ayala,#John#Wainwright#### Dating!....................................................!Alex#Bayliss#! Site!Visualization!!...................................!Sam#Ainsworth,#Jack#Baigent,# Angeliki#Chrysanthi,#Graeme#Earl,#Ian#Kirkpatrick,#Stephanie#Moser,#Sara# Perry,#Emily#Richardson,#Harish#Sharma# Field!Walking!.........................................!Sophie#Moore# Archaeology!Workshop#............................#Cumhur##Ertzn,#zge#zkan,# Glay#Sert,#Hatice#Tokyasun# Community!Archaeology#..........................#Veysel#Apaydn,#Sema#Bac#Kaya## House!Staff#...............................................#Saliha#Eken,#smail#Salmanc,# Nevriye#ener,#Mavili#Tokyasun# Site!Workers!..........................................!Atiye#Akbulut,#Mustafa#Baheci,! smail#Bulu,!Ahmet#Krkmen,#Hatice#Tokyasun,#Mevlut#Sivas,#Hasan#Yal,# smail#Yal,#Lokman#Yal,#Metin#Yal,#Mustafa#Zeytin,## Residue!Sorters!......................................!Ebru#Sivas,#Fadimana#Sivas,#Saliha# Sivas,#Hatice#Yal,#enay#Yal# #

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Issue!19,!April!2013!

The#Turkish#Minister#of#Culture# Erturul#Gnays#visit#to# atalhyk.# Kltr(Bakan(Erturul(Gnayn( atalhyk(ziyareti.(

atalhyk%is%inscribed%to%the%World%Heritage%List%
atalhyk*UNESCO*Dnya*Kltr*Miras*Listesine*Girdi$
Ian%Hodder%

1(Temmuz(2012(de,(21(yeden(oluan(Dnya(Kltr(Miras(Komitesi( St(Peterburgda(atalhyk(Dnya(Kltr(Miras(listesi(seti.( Komitenin(seimi,(Kltr(Bakan(Erturul(Gnay,(Antlar(ve(Mzeler( Genel(Mdr(Murat(Ssl,(Konya(Mze(Mdr(Yusuf(Benli(ve( eitli(kurumlarda(her(dzeyde(alan(yerel(yetkililerin(uzun(yllar( boyunca(sren(abalar(sonucunda(gereklemitir.(Bu(sene( gerekleen(kazlar,(bu(sonu(tarafndan(olumlu(bir(ekilde( etkilenmitir.(Kltr(Bakan(Erturul(Gnay(ve(yerel(yetkililerin( katlmndan(oluan(basn(gn(sonucunda(bu(yaz(atalhyk(basn( atalhyk#is#the#only#Neolithic#tell#site#on#the#UNESCO#List#in#the# gndeminde(olduka(geni(yer(almtr.( whole#of#the#Middle#East,#and#indeed#there#are#few#Neolithic#or# atalhyk,(tm(Ortadou(ierisinde(UNESCO(Kltr(Miras( early#prehistoric#sites#on#the#List#worldwide.#The#site#was#placed# on#the#List#because#it#was#deemed#to#have#outstanding#universal# Listesinde(yer(alan(tek(Neolitik(hyk(olup,(liste(nihayetindeki( birka(prehistorik(merkezden(biridir.(Karara(esas(olan(raporda,( value#in#that#it#provides#a#unique#example#of#the#way#of#life#in# early#agricultural#settlements#and#of#the#organization#and#changes# atalhykn(insanln(erken(tarm(topluluklar(aamasnda( gerekleen(deiimleri(ve(toplumsal(dzen(anlayn(yanstan( that#took#place#in#those#villages.#The#authenticity,#integrity#and# sekin(bir(yerleim(olduu(vurgulanmtr.(( management#of#the#site#were#also#considered#of#high#quality.# This#was#a#major#achievement#resulting#from#years#of#work#by#the# Turkish#Ministry#of#Culture#and#Tourism#at#all#levels#from#the# Minister#(Erturul#Gnay)#and#DirectorSGeneral#(Murat#Ssl)# down#to#the#Konya#Museum#(Yusuf#Benli)#and#local#officials.#The# impact#of#the#inscription#rather#dominated#our#excavation#season.# In#particular,#we#had#a#major#press#day#when#the#Minister#and# local#dignitaries#visited#and#toured#the#site#and#there#was#a# considerable#amount#of#press#coverage.# Another#very#important#part#of#our#work,#related#to#the#UNESCO# inscription#is#the#conservation#and#presentation#of#atalhyk#to#a# wide#audience#and#the#engagement#of#different#stakeholder# communities#in#its#care.#We#have#a#number#of#teams#working#on# this#aspect#of#the#project,#for#example#dealing#with#conservation,# site#presentation#and#the#use#of#multimedia#and#3D#visualization.# We#trust#that#this#work#will#ultimately#provide#a#heritage#site# worthy#of#its#new#UNESCO#designation.# atalhykteki(faaliyetlerimizin(nemli(bir(ksm,(UNESCO(karar(ile( balantl(olarak,(yerleimin(konservasyonu(ve(geni(kitlelere( sunumu(zerine(younlamtr.(Amacmz,(yerel(paydalar(bu( srece(dhil(etmektir.(Konservasyon,(alan(sunumu,(multimedya(ve( (boyutlu(canlandrma(vs.(gibi(alanlarda(faaliyet(gsteren(birok( ekip(proje(ierisinde(buna(ynelik(almaktadr.(Bu(almalarla( atalhykn(hak(ettii(Dnya(Kltr(Miras(Listesindeki(yerinin( pekieceine(inanyoruz.(#

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Issue!19,!April!2013!

2012$Excavations$Overview$$/$2012*Kaz*Sonular*
South!Area!!!Gney$Alan! James!Taylor! Excavations#in#the#South#Area#continued#from#the#previous#seasons#work#with#a#focus# upon#the#southern#ledge#of#the#shelter.#Here#all#the#work#was#concentrated#within# Buildings#43,#80,#89,#96,#97#and#Spaces#492,#470#&#487.#Most#of#these#structures#were# thought#to#have#been#constructed#at#a#broadly#contemporary#horizon.#As#well#as# continuing#the#conservation#work#on#the#eastern#wall#of#Building#80#and#minor#removal#of# some#structural#elements,#work#continued#on#the#ongoing#excavation#and# experimentation#of#digital#recording#in#Building#89.#Excavations#were#resumed#in#Building# 96#(untouched#since#the#2010#season)#and#Building#43#(untouched#since#1995)#as#part#of# the#larger#strategy#to#expand#the#area#of#exposure#of#earlier#occupation#levels#centered# around#the#deep#sounding,#with#a#view#to#increasing#our#understanding#of#some#of#the# earliest#activity#and#structures#upon#the#site.##

One#of#the#obsidian#mirrors#held#by#Banu# Aydnolugil.#Banu(Aydnolugil(obsidyen(aynaya( bakarken.((Photo#Jason#Quinlan#

Gney(Alanndaki(kazlara(geen(yl(kalnan(yerden(devam(edilmitir.(Buradaki(almalar( Bina(43,(80,(89,(96,(97(ve(Alan(492,(470(ve(487da(gereklemitir.(Bu(yaplarn(birounun( ada(zamanl(olduu(dnlmektedir.((Bina(80(ierisinde(dou(duvarnda(konservasyon( Under#the#North#Shelter,#this#seasons# excavation#took#place#within#six#main#areas# almalarnn(yan(sra(baz(mimari(unsurlar(kaldrlmtr.(Bina(89da(kaz(ve(deneysel( dzeyde(devam(eden(dijital(arivleme(almalarna(devam(edilmitir.(En(son(2010(ylnda( that#contained#a#number#of#spaces#and# buildings.#Except#for#Sp.87#and#B.77,#most# kazlm(olan(Bina(96(ve(yine(1995ten(beri(kazlmam(olan(Bina(43(ierisinde(gerekleen( areas#were#recorded#in#the#previous#seasons# kazlar(ise(atalhykn(en(erken(devrelerini(aa(karma(almalar(dorultusunda( only#through#surface#scrapes.#These#areas# gereklemitir.(almalar,(Gney(Alannn(en(erken(evrelere(ait(evlerinin(ierisindeki( aktiviteleri(anlamak(zerine(younlaacaktr.(( were#identified#by#Neolithic#walls#that# contained#eroded#features.#Two#spaces# (Sp.77#and#Sp.40)#contained#a#large#number# of#Neolithic#inhumations#that#were#in# relatively#poor#condition#due#to#their# proximity#to#the#surface.#However,#both# areas#contained#quite#a#few#individuals# buried,#adorned#with#beads.#Further,#the# cluster#of#burials#within#Sp.77#contained#2# obsidian#mirrors.## Kuzey(korugan(altndaki(almalar(bu(sene( daha(nce(kazs(yaplmam(alanlar( zerinde(younlamtr.(Alan(87(ve(Bina(77( dndaki(kaz(alanlar(olduka(tahrip(olmu( ve(erozyona(uram(Neolitik(mimari( unsurlar(iermektedir.(ki(ayr(alanda((Alan( 77(ve(Alan(40)(yksek(sayda(gm(ele( gemitir.(Gmler(yzeye(ok(yakn( olduundan(olduka(tahrip(olmutur.(Yine( de,(bu(alanlarda(ortaya(karlan(birok( gmt(ile(birlikte(yksek(sayda(boncuk(ele( gemitir.(Ayrca,(Alan(77deki(gmtlerde(2( adet(obsidyen(ayna(ortaya(kmtr.((
2012#Excavations#within#the#South#Area.##2012(Kaz(sezonunda(Gney(Korugan(ierisinde(gerekleen(kazlar.# Plan#Camilla#Mazzucato#

North!Area!!Kuzey$Alan! Burcu!Tung!

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! atal!Newsletter! TPC!and!the!Islamic!Burial!Ground!!!TPC$Alan$ve$slami$Gmtler$
Arek#Marciniak#

Issue!19,!April!2013!

The#2012#season#brought#about#the#beginning#of#the#field#work#in#the#previously#unexcavated#area#located#on#the#SW#slope#of#the# southern#prominence#of#the#Neolithic#Mound.#This#new#excavation#zone#was#named#the#TP#Connection#Area#(TPC).#The#ultimate#goal#of# this#project#is#to#connect#the#stratigraphy#in#the#TP#Area,#excavated#between#2001S2008,#with#the#main#stratigraphic#sequence#in#the# South.#The#goal#of#this#years#work#carried#out#in#selected#parts#of#the#TPC#Area#was#to#identify#Neolithic#constructions#and#to#start# excavating#them.#During#this#process#eight#burials#(6#adults#and#2#children)#were#identified#and#excavated.#We#believe#these#to#be#a#part# th of#the#Islamic#cemetery#located#on#top#of#the#mound,#which#was#in#use#for#a#long#period#of#time,#probably#from#the#middle#of#the#12 #to# th the#middle#of#the#17 #century.## 2012(sezonununda(Neolitik(Hykn(gneybat(yamacnda(yeni(bir(kaz(alan(almtr. Bu(kaz(alan(TP(Balant(Alan((TPC)(olarak( adlandrlmtr.(Buradaki(almalarn(amac(2001f2008(yllar(arasnda(kazs(yaplan(TP(Alan(ile(Gney(Alann(stratigrafik(olarak( birletirebilmektir.(TPCnin(sadece(belirli(yerlerinde(gerekleen(bu(seneki(almalarn(amac(Neolitik(dneme(ait(yaplar(belirlemek( olmutur.(Bu(srete,(sekiz(bireyin(mezar((alt(yetikin(ve(iki(ocuk)(ortaya(karlmtr.(Bu(mezarlarn(12.(Yzyln(bandan(17.(Yzyln( sonuna(kadar(kullanlm(bir(Mslman(mezarln(paras(olduunu(dnyoruz.(#

West!Mound!Excavations!Bat$Hyk$Kazlar!
! Trench!5!!Ama!5!(Peter!Beihl)!!Trench#5#contains#four#buildings#that#have# complex#biographies,#building#and#use#phases.#This#seasons#excavations# focused#on#understanding#the#construction#phases#of#these#buildings.# Removing#walls#and#parts#of#walls#turned#out#to#reveal#much#more#information# than#anticipated,#mostly#about#the#stratigraphy#and#microSstratigraphy#of# construction#features,#and#about#construction#techniques#and#materials.## Ama(5in(snrlar(ierisinde(karmak(inaa(ve(kullanim(evrelerine(sahip(olan( drt(adet(bina(bulunmaktadr.(Bu(ylki(almalar(binalarn(inaa(evrelerini( ortaya(karmak(zerine(younlamtr.(Kazlar(srasnda(binalarn(inaa( yntemleri(ve(yap(elerinde(kullanilan(malzemeler(hakknda(ilgin(bilgiler( edinmitir.( (

Plan#of#buildings#uncovered#within#Trench#5.##Ama(5(ierisinde( yer(alan(Kalkolitik(dnemi(binalar.(

Trench!8!!Ama!8!(Burin!Erdou)!This#was#the#last#season#of#fieldwork#of#the#University# of#Thrace,#Edirne.#The#first#aim#of#this#years#excavation#was#to#reach#the#floors#of# Building#94,#which#was#first#excavated#in#2010.#Overall#the#structure#was#demarcated#on# the#western,#northern#and#southern#sides,#respectively#by#walls#and#internal#buttress.# The#building#contains#two#benches,#and#a#crawlShole#or#doorway#on#its#southern#wall.# The#building#has#an#uneven#floor#consisting#of#a#compact#whitish#colored#layer,#relatively# rich#in#finds#such#as#pottery#sherds,#animal#bones,#shells#and#chipped#stones.#A#sherd# with#a#human#figure#is#noteworthy.### Bu(yl,(Trakya(niversitesi(tarafndan(yrtlen(Ama(8(kazlarnn(sonuncusunu( getirmitir.(Bu(kaz(sezonunun(ana(amac,(ilk(kez(2010(ylnda(kazlan(Bina(94n(tabanna(
Sherd#with#human#torso.#nsan(figrl(seramik( erimek(olmutur.(Bina(genel(olarak(bat,(kuzey(ve(gney(taraflarnda(duvarlar(ve( paras.#Photo#Nejat#Ycel# payandalarla(belirlenmitir.(Gney(duvarnda(payanda((F.2974nin(yannda(bir(geit(veya( kap(bulunmutur.(Binann(dzgn(olmayan(taban(beyaz(renkte(olup,(anak(mlek( paralar,(hayvan(kemikleri,(deniz(kabuklar(ve(ta(paralar(iermektedir.(zerinde(insan(betiminin(olduu(bir(anak(mlek(paras( kayda(deer(bir(buluntudur.(($

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The%Geophysical%Survey%
Kristian%Strutt%

Jeofizik*Yzey*Aratrmas$

Greyscale#image#of#the#results#of#the#magnetometer#survey#for#part#of#the#East#Mound.# Dou(hyn(gney(blgesi(zerinde(yaplan(magnetometrik(yzey(aratrmasnn(grifton( grnts.(

This#season#a#geophysical#survey#was#conducted#through#the#collaboration#of# British#(University#of#Southampton)#and#Italian#(University#of#Sienna#and# Geostudi#Astier)#researchers.#The#aim#of#the#geophysical#survey#was#to#map#the# nature#and#extent#of#buried#archaeological#features#across#the#East#Mound#of# atalhyk#and#to#test#the#application#of#survey#techniques,#especially#in# relation#to#locating#varying#deposits#from#geomorphological#change#around#the# mound.## The#results#of#the#combined#geophysical#survey#at#atalhyk#have#facilitated# the#mapping#of#many#of#the#buried#structures#and#features#at#the#site.#Some#of# the#positive#discrete#anomalies#on#the#eastern#flank#of#the#mound#can#be# ascribed#to#later#burials,#a#large#number#of#anomalies#in#the#magnetometry,# and#particularly#in#the#GPR#survey#results#show#Neolithic#structural#remains.#

Composite#plot#of#the#magnetometer#and#GPR#interpretations# of#the#East#Mound.# Dou(hynde(yaplan(magnetometrik(ve(GPR(almalarnn( yorumlarn(gsteren(komposit(ema.(

clear.#The#magnetometry#indicates#a#number#of# structures#and#walls,#however#there#is#more# disturbance#in#the#results#for#this#area.#The#STREAM#X# data#shows#some#westSeast#alignment#of#walls#and# buildings.#On#the#higher#flank#of#the#mound#in#this# area,#there#are#fewer#linear#features#to#the#east#and# On#the#northern#part#of#the#mound#the#settlement#can#be#seen#extending# south,#showing#some#settlement#but#nothing#of#the# northwards#down#the#flank#of#the#mound,#also#to#the#east.#The#settlement# concentration#also#runs#to#the#west#and#south,#although#the#break#in#slope#and# scale#of#concentration#of#settlement#as#can#be#seen#on# the#northern#mound.# the#small#valley#in#the#topography#seem#to#indicate#either#a#break#or#a# reduction#in#structures.#At#least#one#if#not#two#trackSways#with#enclosing#walls# Bu(sene(gerekleen(jeofizik(yzey(aratrmas(ngiltere( are#indicated#running#into#the#settlement#from#the#north.#Two#parallel#linear# anomalies#running#to#the#west#also#seem#to#indicate#a#trackSway#running#from# (Southampton(niversitesi)(ve(talyadan((Sienna( niversitesi(ve(Geostudi(Astier)(gelen(aratrmaclarn( the#northern#part#of#the#settlement#downslope#to#the#west.# ortak(almas(sonucunda(gereklemitir.(Jeofizik( Results#of#the#survey#in#the#southern#part#of#the#mound#are#in#some#cases#less# yzey(aratrmasnn(ana(amac(atalhyk(Dou(

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Hykteki(mimari(kalntlarn(genel(doasn( ve(nereye(kadar(uzandklarn(tespit(etmek(ve( ayn(zamanda(hyn(jeomorfolojik(geliimini( anlamaktr.(( Bu((almalar(sonucunda(hyn(olduka( geni(bir(alannda(yer(altnda(bulunan(yaplarn( planlar(ortaya(kmtr.(Hyn(dou( ksmnda(gzlemlenen(aykrlklarn(bu(alanda( daha(ge(dneme(ait(olan(mezarlk( kalntlarna(ait(olduuna(inanmaktayz.(( Hyn(kuzey(ksmnda(yerleimin(kuzeye(ve( douya(doru(geniledii,(yerleimin( younluunun(batya(ve(gneye(doru(da( devam(ettii(grlmektedir.(Topografide( gzlemlenen(ufak(vadi(bir(kesintiyi(veya( yaplarn(younluundaki(azalmay(temsil( ediyor(olabilir.(Bu(alanda,(duvarlarla(kuatlm( kuzeyfgney(ve(doufbat(dorultusunda(iki( adet(gei(yolu(tespit(edilmitir.((

Issue!19,!April!2013!

Left,#the#STREAM#X#GPR#survey#was#completed#with#a#tractor##for#pulling#the#system.#Right,#the#Leica# Viva#GPS#base#station#set#up#on#the#East#Mound.# Solda,(STREAM(X(GPR(sistemi(bir(traktre(balanarak(kullanlmtr.(Sada,(Dou(Hyk(zerine( kurulan(Leica(Vica(GPS(baz(istasyonu.(

Hyn(gney(ksmnda(yaplan(yzey(aratrmasnda(ele(geen(magnetomerik( sonular(net(olmamakla(birlikte,(STREAM(X(verileri(doufbat(dorultulu(duvarlar( ve(binalar(gstermektedir.(Tepenin(yksek(yamalar,(dousu(ve(gneyi(daha( seyrek(yerleim(izleri(gstermektir.(

Other%Activities%
Dier*Aktiviteler$

Also#Consulting#conservator#Chris# Cleere#came#to#site#to#discuss#the# future#of#the#buildings#on#display#and# other#environmental#issues#in# conjunction#with#UNESCO#World# Heritage#guidelines.## Bu(seneki(konservasyon(faaliyetleri(( her(sene(olduu(gibi(Kuzey(ve(Gney( Alanndaki(binalarn#genel(bakm(ile,( hayvan(ve(insan(kemikleri,(anak( mlek(ve(kk(buluntu( konservasyonu(zerine(younlamtr.( Hyn(ve(kazlan(binalarn(genel( konservasyonu(dorultusundaki( almalara(devam(edildi.(Ortadou( Teknik(niversitesinden((ODT)( aratrmaclar(kazy(ziyaret(edip(sezon( dnda(alanda(evresel(koullarn( gzlemlenmesi(ve(konservasyon( mdahelelerinin(yaplmas(iin(bir( program(temellendirmitir.(Ayn( zamanda(danman(konservatr(Chris( Cleerin,(u(anda(sergilenmekte(olan( binalarn(gelecei(ve(UNESCO(Dnya(

Kltr(Miras(klavuzu(dahilindeki(dier( evre(koullar(ile(ilgili(sorunlar( deerlendirmek(zere(kaz(alann( ziyaret(etmi,(evresel(koullarla(ilgili( nemli(bilgiler(kayt(etmitir.(

Photo#Jason#Quinlan#

The#main#activities#this#season#were#the# conservation#and#the#maintenance#of#the# buildings#in#the#North#and#South#Areas,#the# uncovering#and#conservation#of#wall#paintings,# the#lifting#and#treatment#of#human#and#faunal# remains,#the#conservation#of#pottery,#as#well# as#other#small#finds.#Research#continued#into# particular#onSsite#conservation#problems.# Representatives#from#Middle#Eastern# Technical#University#(METU)#visited#the#site#to# establish#a#first#responder#program#in#the#offS season,#as#well#as#environmental#monitoring.#

This#season#more#handprints#were# uncovered#by#the#conservators#on# the#eastern#wall#of#Building#77.# Bu(sezon(Bina(77in(dou(duvarnda( konservatorlar(yeni(el(izleri(ortaya( kardlar.(

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Maurizio!Forte!

Issue!19,!April!2013!

Since#2010,#Maurizio#Forte#and#his#team#have#been#working#on#digitally#recording#the#site#in#3D.#During#the#2012#season#the#North# and#South#shelters#were#digitally#recorded#with#an#average#of#35/40#scans#each,#which#produced#around#350#million#of#point#clouds.# Furthermore,#as#a#pilot#project#in#Building#89,#each#stratigraphic#excavation#unit#is#being#recorded#in#3D.#Models#are#generated#in# relation#to#the#identification#and#classification#of#stratigraphic#units,#the#same#way#one#would#make#a#manual#drawing.#Therefore,# for#every#phase#of#excavation#by#unit#a#3D#model#was#generated#by#laser#scanning#and#computer#vision.#All#the#models#of#B.89#were# aligned#and#geoSreferenced#making#it#possible#to#reconstruct#in#3D#the#entire#sequence#of#excavation.## atalhykn((boyutlu((3D)(belgeleneini(2010(ylndan(beri(Maurizio(Forte(ve(ekibi(yrtmektedir.(Bu(sene,(Kuzey(ve(Gney( koruganlar(ierisinde(bulunan(binalarn(her(biri(yaklak(35/40(kere(taranarak(kayt(edilmi,(yaklak(350(milyon(nokta(bulutu( oluturulmutur.(Ayrca(bir(pilot(projesi(kapsamnda(Bina(89un(her(stratigrafik(kaz(birimi(3D(olarak(kayt(edilmitir.(( Her(kaz#biriminin(teker( teker(3D(modeli(retilmi,( binann((boyutlu( stratigrafik(modeli( yaplmtr.(retilen( modellere(ayn(zamanda( jeofreferans(da(verilmitir.#(
3D#reconstruction#of#B.89#during# the#first#phase#of#excavation# (image#modeling#with#Photoscan# Pro).## Bina(89un(ilk(evre(kazsnn(3D( modeli((grsel(modelleme( Photoscan(Pro(ile(yaplmtr).(( #

Community!Collaboration!!!!!!Toplumsal$Arkeoloji!
Glay!Sert! Overall#621#people#joined#the#atalhyk# Archaeology#Workshop,#conducted#by# Glay#Sert,#taking#place#every#day# between#10.00S15.00#o'clock,#6#days#a# th th week,#from#the#18 #of#June#to#the#19 #of# July#2012.##Primary#school#children#and# adults#joined#the#Summer#School# Workshop.#The#daylong#workshops#first# introduced#the#site#to#students#with#a# presentation#that#informed#them#about# the#ancient#life#style.#Then#experimental# house#and#excavation#areas#were#visited.# Afterwards,#children#would#excavate#the# spoil#from#the#1960s#excavations.#Finally,# they#would#have#time#to#engage#in#some# form#of#creative#activity#surrounding# Neolithic#life#at#atalhyk.#This#season# attention#was#given#to#promote#the# importance#of#atalhyk#as#an#Neolithic# site#and#its#value#to#Turkey#and#the# surrounding#community#as#a#World# Heritage#Site#to#the# adult#participants#who# were#mostly#primary# school#teachers.# Glay(Sert(tarafndan( yrtlen(atalhyk( Arkeoloji(Atlyesine(( bu(sene(toplam(621( renci(ve(yetikin( katlmtr.(Atlye( hergn(10.00f15.00(aras(haftada(6(gn( yaplm(ve(18(Haziran(ile(19(Temmuz( 2012(arasnda(devam(etmitir.(Gnlk( atlye(almalar(atalhyk(yaamn( ieren(bir(sunum(ile(balar.(Ardndan( deneysel(ev(ve(kaz(alann(gezilir.(Daha( sonra(ocuklar(Mellaartn(kazlardan( arda(kalan(atk(toprakta(kaz(yaparlar.( Gn(sonunda(Neolitik(atalhyk( yaamnn(yanstld(yaratc(

aktivitelerde(yer(alr.(Bu(sene(Konya( blgesindeki(retmenlerden(oluan( yetikin(katlmclara(zellikle( atalhykn(Neolitik(bir(yerleim(yeri( olarak(nemi((ile(birlikte(ayn(zamanda( Dnya(Kltr(Miras(Listesinde(yer( almasnn(Trkiye(iin(nemi( vurgulanmtr.(

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! atal!Newsletter! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS!
We#thank#the#Ministry#of#Culture#and# Tourism#and#the#General#Directorate#of# Monuments#and#Museums#for#granting# permit#for#this#research.#We#would#also# like#to#thank#the#British#Institute#of# Archaeology#at#Ankara#under#whose# auspices#the#project#works#in#Turkey.# Our#thanks#also#extend#to#our# government#representative,#Ltfi#nel.## An#international#team#now#based#in# London#University#(UK)#and#Stanford# University#(USA)#has#undertaken# archaeological#research#at#atalhyk# since#1993.## The#main#sponsors#of#the#project#are# Yap#Kredi#and#Boeing.#Other#sponsors# are#Shell,#Hedef#Alliance,#Konya#eker# and#Konya#imento.# Funding#for#the#project#in#2012#has#also# been#received#from#the#National# Geographic#Society,#British#Institute#at# Ankara,#Templeton#Foundation,# Stanford#University,#University#College# London,#State#University#of#New#York#at# Buffalo,#the#University#of#Poznan,#and# the#Polish#Heritage#Council.## The#institutional#partners#of#the#project# are#Seluk#University,#Stanford# University,#University#College#London,# Oxford#University,#Istanbul#University,# University#of#Southampton,#Middle# Eastern#Technical#University,#SUNY# Buffalo,#Cardiff#University.#

Issue!19,!April!2013!
uluslararas(ekip(atalhyk(kazlarnda( 1993(ylndan(beri(Turizm(ve(Kltr( Bakanl(tarafndan(salanan(izinlerle( arkeolojik(almalarn(yrtmektedir.(( Projenin(ana(sponsorlar(Yap(Kredi(ve( Boeingdir.(Dier(sponsorlarmz(ise(Shell( ve(Hedef(Alliance,(Konya(eker(ve(Konya( imento(firmalardr.( 2012(yl(kaz(sezonu(u(kurumlardan( salanan(fonlarla(gerekletirilmitir:( Ankara(ngiliz(Arkeoloji(Enstits,( Stanford(niversitesi,(Londra( niversitesi,(Templeton(Fonu,(Poznan( niversitesi,(Gdansk(niversitesi(ve( SUNY(Buffalo(niversitesi.( Projenin(akademik(ortaklar(unlardr:( Seluk(niversitesi,(Stanford( niversitesi,(Londra(niversitesi,(Oxford( niversitesi,(stanbul(niversitesi,( Southampton(niversitesi,(Ortadou( Teknik(niversitesi,(SUNY(Buffalo,( Cardiff(niversitesi(ve(Adam(Mickiewicz( niversitesi.(

TEEKKRLER$$
T.C.(Turizm(ve(Kltr(Bakanl,(Antlar( ve(Mzeler(Genel(Mdrlne( desteklerinden(dolay(ve(himayesinde( almalarmz(yrttmz(Ankara( ngiliz(Arkeoloji(Enstitsne(teekkr( bor(biliriz.(Ayrca(teekkrlerimizi(2012( yl(kaz(temsilcimiz(Ltfi(nele(de( iletmek(isteriz.(( Londra(niversitesi((ngiltere)(ve( Stanford(niversitesine((ABD)(bal( bulunan(akademisyenlerden(oluan#

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Main!Sponsors!

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Issue!19,!April!2013! !!

Stitched!equirectangular!panorama!of!Building!80!in!the! South!Area!excavation!at!atalhyk.!Photo!Jason!Quinlan!

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