Birecik Dam Cemetery
The Birecik Dam Cemetery is an Early Bronze Age cemetery in the
Location and site description
This three hectare cemetery is located several hundred meters from the
Summary of Excavation
The Birecik Dam Cemetery was discovered during the building of the Birecik Dam as part of the
Artifacts
Burials in this cemetery frequently included grave goods. These items consisted of: ceramic vessels, metal objects, frit and talc beads, several examples of terracotta figurines, two
In these burials, numerous similarities have been found with those at the contemporary site of
The similarities are not restricted purely to the structure, but also the type of furnishings in which metal objects predominate, especially numerous weapons and spearheads. One striking aspect, which is wholly similar to Arslantepe, is the way in which the metal spearheads are arranged, generally along the northern and southern sides of the tomb, but always along the internal sides of the cist.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d Sertok, K. and Ergeç, R. 1999. A New Early Bronze Age Cemetery: Excavation near the Birecik Dam, Southeastern Turkey. Preliminary Report (1997-98) Anatolica 25: 87-107
- ^ Birecik Dam Cemetery, The Archaeological Settlements of Turkey- TAY Project [1]
- ^ Sertok, K. and Ergeç, R. 2000. The Discovery of an Early Bronze Age Cemetery in the Middle Euphrates Area near Carchemish (Turkey). In Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Rome, May 18th-23rd 1998, Vol II (eds. P. Matthiae, A. Enea, L. Peyronel and F. Pinnock). Roma: Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archaeologiche e Antropologiche Dell ‘Antichita
- ^ a b Squadrone, F. F. 2007. Regional culture and metal objects in the area of Carchemish during the Early Bronze Age. In Euphrates River Valley Settlement. The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC (ed. E. Peltenburg). Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 198-213
- ^ Squadrone, F.F. 2000. Metals for the Dead. Metal Finds from the Birecik Dam Early Bronze Age Cemetery in the Middle Euphrates Area, near Carchemish (Turkey). In Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Rome, May 18th-23rd 1998, Vol II (eds. P. Matthiae, A. Enea, L. Peyronel and F. Pinnock). Roma: Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archaeologiche e Antropologiche Dell ‘Antichita, pp. 1541-1556
- ^ Schmidt-Schultz Tyedje, Schultz Michael, Sadori Laura, Palmieri A., Morbidelli Paola, Hauptmann Andreas, Di Nocera Gian Maria, Frangipane Marcella, New Symbols of a New Power in a "Royal" Tomb from 3 000 BC Arslantepe, Malatya (Turkey).[permanent dead link] Paléorient, 2001, vol. 27, n°2. pp. 105-139