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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DD'eDeN: [QB] Sumerians in Turkey 6ka, round huts, boars The Domuztepe Habitation Excavation Leader Professor Halil Tekin from Hacettepe University told Anadolu Agency that they found the "core" of Sumerians at the site. Tekin noted that the settlement was the largest in the Near East in the Late Neolithic period, measuring around 49.4 acres. The settlement is thought to had been occupied between 6,200 B.C. and 5,450 B.C. The people of the period did not have permanent settlements, meaning that there was no sufficient land suitable for agriculture near the settlement, the professor said, adding that their main sources of nutrition included goats, sheep and boars. "[The settlement mound] was made out of a circular clay structure 6 meters in diameter, which indicates that they did not have a strong sense of a permanent structure," Tekin said, adding that their settlement was semi-permanent. Tekin also highlighted that the people of the settlement lived peaceful lives for around 2,000 years and may have been forced to move as a result of climate change and other natural factors. "The figures on pottery found here indicate that these people came from Asia… We knew around 100 to 150 years ago that Sumerians were also Asian," Tekin said, adding that they hope Domuztepe will enable researchers to connect crucial links in human history. The Domuztepe settlement mount is located in Kahramanmaraş's Pazarcık district, near Kelibişler neighborhood. Excavations at the site have been led by professor Tekin since 1996. Read more at https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/roots-of-sumerian-civilization.html#kF3mLVQ1hfuDqWZ2.99 - - - Archaeologists reveal fresh findings at ancient Pichvnari settlement on Black Sea coast 8/11/2017 07:00:00 PM image: https://img2.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif The latest findings at western Georgia's Pichvnari excavation site have given historians material to enrich their studies of ancient Black Sea settlements following a series of recent discoveries in the region. image: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dE6EsLpxEdI/WZBHLtdfwMI/AAAAAAACA7c/383UVnu92y4Lmqsk9Y4DRXxckO1ollqfgCLcBGAs/s640/Georgia_01.jpg the findings unearthed by archaeologists include ceramic pieces, decorative objects and farming instruments. In particular, experts noted a floor surfaced with bassanite material and a stone-made sinker used in farming, unveiled among remains of the settlement dating back to the 6th-4th centuries BC. On the site of a nearby burial ground, archaeologists excavated golden beads, a terracotta ceramic piece featuring a wild boar illustration and "imported" clay vessels. Beside the settlement and burial site remains, archaeologists are also working at a nearby site of a 5th century BC Greek necropolis in Pichvnari, with "contours" of burial sites found at the upper layer of the excavation site. image: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8i2DIoHlNt8/WZBHSDvCB6I/AAAAAAACA7g/CsQd9XSsNEkVSaw3AQkG0HnL9KPJEDo2wCLcBGAs/s640/Georgia_02.jpg Decorative, farming and household items were among findings on the Pichvnari site [Credit: Adjara Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport] Located 10km north of the seaside town Kobuleti, Pichvnari is the contemporary name for an ancient settlement which first presented archaeologists with findings of 4th century BC silver drachma coins in 1951. Further findings on the site included nearly 300 coins dating back to the 6th to 4th centuries BC and representing the Colchis ancient Kingdom. Planned excavations started in the area in 1955, with further digs following in the 1960s. Suspended in the early 1990s, works were restarted in 1998 within the joint British-Georgian Pichvnari Expedition and continued in the 2000s. The works carried out at Pichvnari since the mid-20th century have revealed an advanced industrial society in the area by the 1st century BC. Read more at https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/archaeologists-reveal-fresh-findings-at.html#hLl5W44E22t3qLZL.99 - - - [Viking ring fort = borgring is clearly derived from Pygmy dome hut camp. Mbongolu] Harald Bluetooth Borgring found https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/viking-borgring-fortress-discovered-in.html#RYaTZjljeBJA8BbU.97 There have only been about five confirmed Trelleborg fortresses discovered in Denmark to date. They were all built in a curiously short period between 975 and 980 CE, during the reign of King Harald Bluetooth. They are massive, circular structures typically between 140 to 250 metres in diameter. "They posed a real enigma about the Viking Age when they were first discovered," Sindbæk said. "The Vikings were perceived to be a society of local petty kings competing over power." This kind of organised control was usually associated with much later medieval kingship. The fortresses represented a surprising degree of organisation and centralisation that was not easily found in other surviving aspects of Viking culture. So how did such large and expensive structures suddenly appear in the Danish landscape around the year 975? Read more at https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/viking-borgring-fortress-discovered-in.html#AuEad6MH1mpBA3f2.99 - - - [Kara'ites in Crimea were Jews, might link to Kara.khan.ids.] The Karakhanids were the first Muslim Turkish state beyond the Syr Darya. The most important work from the period is "Qutadghu Bilig", written by Yusuf Khass Hajip in the 11th century for the Prince of Kashgar. The text has stories about the author and his society's beliefs, feelings and practices with regard to many topics, and depicts interesting facets of various aspects of life, as well as state issues in the Karakhanid Empire. It has often been described as a Central Asian version of the Mirror for Princes genre. Read more at https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/karakhanid-tomb-unearthed-in-kyrgyzstan.html#PHLZ8YtvZLguA6Bu.99 sri Lanka caves 6ka https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/excavations-at-sri-lankas-bat-cave-find.html#GpiIDBOa0hoOm9CU.97 - - - NW Kenya footprints of Homo erectus at lakeshore [between Rift Lakes and Black Sea oasis?] Pleistocene footprints show intensive use of lake margin habitats by Homo erectus groups Scient Reports 121 doi 10.1038/srep26374 Neil Roach, Kevin Hatala, Kelly Ostrofsky & Brian Richmond 2016 Reconstructing hominin paleo-ecology is critical for understanding our ancestors' diets, social organizations & interactions with other animals. Most paleo-ecological models lack fine-scale resolution, due to fossil hominin scarcity & the time-averaged accumulation of faunal assemblages. Here we present data from 481 fossil tracks from NW-Kenya, incl. 97 hominin footprints attributed to H.erectus. These tracks are found in multiple sedimentary layers, spanning c 20 ky. Taphonomic experiments show: each of these trackways represents minutes to no more than a few days in the lives of the individuals moving across these paleo-landscapes. The geology & associated vertebrate fauna place these tracks in a deltaic setting, near a lake-shore, bordered by open grasslands. Hominin footprints are disproportionately abundant in this lake margin environment, relative to hominin skeletal fossil frequency in the same deposits. Accounting for preservation bias, this abundance of hominin footprints indicates repeated use of lake-shore habitats by H.erectus. Clusters of very large prints moving in the same direction further suggest these hominins traversed this lake-shore in multi-male groups. Such reliance on near water environments & possibly aquatic-linked foods may have influenced hominin foraging behavior & migratory routes across & out of Africa. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303372868_Pleistocene_footprints_s how_intensive_use_of_lake_margin_habitats_by_Homo_erectus_groups [/QB][/QUOTE]
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