The Excavations of Boncuklu Tarla Eastern Part: New Data on the Late Ppna in the Upper Tigris Valley;

Abstract

The site of Boncuklu Tarla, in the province of Mardin in Turkey, was identified in 2008 and salvage excavations have been carried out since 2012. This archaeological excavation provides a new opportunity to examine the complete chronology of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic in the Upper Tigris Valley thanks to the presence of archaeological strata dating from the Epipaleolithic to the end of the late PPNB. In the eastern section of Boncuklu Tarla, PPNA remains enable us to reassess both public and domestic architecture, as well as the village’s spatial organization in the 10th millennium. In this area, we identified a “public” building surrounded by houses. Graves dating from the PPNA, lithic material and non-utilitarian objects made of stone or bones have also come to light in this part of the site. These new developments will improve our knowledge of material culture at the end of the 10th millennium in the Upper Tigris Valley. © 2021 Inst Francais Proche Orient. All rights reserved.