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Author: Paul, Jarrad William × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 × Type: PhD thesis × Subject: archaeology ×

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    The prehistoric worked bone and antler assemblage at Uğurlu, Gökçeada: a local and regional perspective
    Paul, Jarrad William ( 2016)
    The Neolithic way of life spread across Anatolia bringing with it an influx of new material and subsistence strategies. The extent of this process was far-reaching, as people and material made their way to the fringes of the continent and beyond. It was also wide-ranging, incorporating many elements of material culture necessary to sustain this new, predominantly sedentary, lifestyle. The north Aegean island-site of Uğurlu, on the periphery of northwest Anatolia, became host to a migrant community around 6500 B.C.E. that carried with them animals, objects, and tools. As raw material was scarce, they had to utilise immediate resources, including clay, stone, wood, and bone, to create tools needed to build a community. Bone is an important raw material source in this regard, as its durability and manageability can be utilised to create strong and versatile items. Certain manufacturing techniques were followed to create tools for a function, symbolic, or aesthetic purpose. It is the contention of this study that investigating the worked bone at Uğurlu contributes to an understanding of local and regional development in Anatolia, and the Aegean, during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods. This worked bone and antler assemblage is considered stable throughout the Neolithic and Chalcolithic. But, when the collection is positioned within its regional framework, local variations and regional similarities become apparent. To investigate this claim, the Uğurlu worked bone and antler assemblage will be recorded, located, identified, and interpreted through a typological analysis. An in-depth examination of the assemblage will emphasise the important position these tools held in their prehistoric setting. Furthermore, this collection will be examined as part of a comparative analysis, which will compare and contrast it with others in the wider region. Subsequent discussion will accentuate the usefulness of typological and comparative worked bone analysis, leading to a better understanding of early agricultural societies in the region.