"Writing by Sevilay Beki, Seda Sevencan in Istanbul"Sircalitepe Mound
Posted on 09/04/2022 9:34:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archeologists in central Türkiye unearthed traces of permanent settlement dating back at least 9,300 years, the head of the dig site told Anadolu Agency on Friday.
"We can say that this is the oldest settlement in the borders of Nigde province," said archeologist Semra Balci, who leads the excavation team at the Sircalitepe Mound.
Balci, of Istanbul University, said her team had found bone and obsidian tools used in daily settled life, along with beads and other objects thought to be for ornamental purposes.
She added that two samples that they found had been radiocarbon dated, revealing that they were 9,600-9,300 years old.
Initial surface surveys conducted at the Sircalitepe Mound, located near sources of obsidian in the volcanic Cappadocia region, uncovered an obsidian working area, as well as the bone and stone tools.
With this year's dig season over, Balci said she and her team would continue to analyze their findings in artifacts and new architectural field data in their workshops.
Noting that the dig had also yielded specimens of oval arrowheads, she said: "Another important point is that no other site has so far been excavated with an obsidian working area and settlement together."
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"Writing by Sevilay Beki, Seda Sevencan in Istanbul"Sircalitepe Mound
Controversial until they uncovered the McDonald’s and KFC.
“That cinches it. This was a permanent settlement.”
Older than the earliest sites excavated in Mesopatamia.
FIFY
In all these years and they still do not have a republic like the USA.
In all these years and they still do not have a republic like the USA.
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Do we still have a republic?
On the contrary the settlement and religious site of Gobekli Tepe has been estimated at 12,000 years old.
See: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2018/08/03/turkeys-gobekli-tepe-is-this-the-worlds-first-architecture#:~:text=At%20around%2012%2C000%20years%20old,before%20writing%20or%20the%20wheel.
Where da Walmart at?
Ya ain’t a settlement without a Walmart.
So why are we expected to spell the name of Turkey as "Türkiye? The Turks can spell it any way they like, and probably use some characters not even available on my keyboard. I can spell it any way I like, too.
She’s not disputing that.
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“”We can say that this is the oldest settlement in the borders of Nigde province,” said archeologist Semra Balci, who leads the excavation team at the Sircalitepe Mound.”
Gobekli Tepe is in southern Anatolia.
It’s like using Hawai’i. It’s woke.
Right close to this is Gobekli Tepe, more advanced finds and 12,000 years old.
Anadolu Agency is based there, it is expected of them, not us.
The source appears to be from Turkey it’s self. What else would they label and spell themselves as in their own language?
The FR doesn’t have auto translate as far as I know. Should posters first translate titles from sources before posting here?
Due to source it is correct as Turkiye.
Yep... Run across this s lot in articles about archaeology and anthropology sourced from other countries and languages.
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So called but a few ruling classes have become prominent
as/in semi ruling classes. jmo.
“Traces of permanent settlement dating back over 9,000 years discovered in central Turkey”
Yep, long-ass time ago. Makes Egyptian civilization look like the Jetsons.
The FR doesn’t have auto translate as far as I know. Should posters first translate titles from sources before posting here?
Due to source it is correct as Turkiye.
Recently, the Turkish government has been trying to get the rest of the world to call the country Türkiye. But here in America we say Germany, not Deutschland, India, not Bharat, Austria, not Österreich, and Ireland, not Éire, so I will continue to call the country Turkey.
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