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New Observations on Pre-Pottery Neolithic Earrings and Lip Labrets at Boncuklu Tarla. Age, Gender and Social Identity
(Elsevier France-Editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier, 2025) Kodas, Ergul; Erdem, Cagdas; Ozer, Ismail; Labedan-Kodas, Charlotte
New data from the excavations at Boncuklu Tarla reveal that objects previously classified as ambiguous stone artefacts, tokens, or more commonly stone earplugs, are, in fact, labret earrings. The discovery of these objects in situ during the excavations has, more specifically, led to a reevaluation of their definition. Our study of the burials in which these objects were found not only validate their use as body ornaments but also provide further data highlighting their significance. We can now engage in a discussion of concepts such as individual and social identity, taking into account the age and gender of the individuals associated with these objects. This article therefore aims to discuss the earrings and labrets recovered from burial contexts during the 2017 excavation season at Boncuklu Tarla, establishing their typology and focusing on the age and gender of the deceased wearing them, while reinterpreting them through the lens of identity. (c) 2025 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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A "shaman" Burial From the Ppna Settlement of Cemka Hoyuk, Upper Tigris Basin, Turkiye
(Elsevier France-editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier, 2024) Kodas, Ergul; Siddiq, Abu B.; Erdem, Cagdas; Ciftci, Yunus; 02.01. Department of Anthropology / Antropoloji Bölümü; 02.03. Department of Archaeology / Arkeoloji Bölümü; 02. Faculty of Letters / Edebiyat Fakültesi; 01. Mardin Artuklu University / Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi
Knowledge of the burial customs of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) in the Near East is increasing. Particularly, lately a large number of burials and skeletal remains have been unearthed in the Upper Tigris Basin, thanks to a number of new excavation projects in recent years. The newly revealed findings indicate that PPNA burial customs varied considerably in the region from site to site. However, the 10th millennium BCE burial CH 2019/05 at Cemka Hoyuk shows as well that there are also different burial practices with in settlements. CH 2019/05 belongs to a female individual, accompanied by animal skeletal elements, who appears to may have been a shaman or at least had been buried by someone practicing ways associated with what we understand nowadays as animism or shamanism. Hence, the burial may represent one of the earliest known examples of its kind in an Anatolian Neolithic context. @ 2024 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.