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Looking Closely - Excavations at Monjukli Depe, Turkmenistan, 2010 - 2014 (Paperback)
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Looking Closely - Excavations at Monjukli Depe, Turkmenistan, 2010 - 2014 (Paperback)
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Soviet archaeological research in southern Turkmenistan revealed a
series of small Late Neolithic and Aeneolithic villages strung
along the streams that emerge from the Kopet Dag and water the
narrow foothill zone separating the mountains from the Kara Kum
desert. A commonly accepted premise of their work was that these
communities garnered their technological knowledge if not their
populations from regions to the south and west in present-day Iran.
Since 2010 we have reinvestigated one of these sites, the small
Late Neolithic (ca. 6200-5600 BCE) and early Aeneolithic (ca.
4800-4350 BCE) village of Monjukli Depe. Our research examines
microhistories of cultural techniques as a source of insights into
long-term and spatially extensive change as well as internal
variations and similarities in material practices. This volume
presents results of this work. A Bayesian modeling of 14C dates
demonstrates a long hiatus between the Neolithic and Aeneolithic
strata of the site as well as a hitherto unattested very early
Aeneolithic phase ("Meana Horizon"). A sequence of densely built,
well preserved Aeneolithic houses exhibits marked similarities to
earlier Neolithic architecture in the region. Despite overall
standardized plans, the houses reveal significant variations in
internal features and practices. Similar flexibility within a set
of common dispositions is evident in burial practices. Very limited
quantities of pottery offer a stark contrast to the frequent
occurrence of spindle whorls, indicating a substantial production
of thread, and to a large and varied assemblage of clay tokens. A
wide variety of fire installations attests to routinized handling
of fire, which did not prevent at least one building from
succumbing to a conflagration. Animal herding was heavily based on
sheep and goats, while cattle figured prominently in feasts. The
Meana tradition at Monjukli Depe exhibits significant structural
similarities to other early village societies in Western Asia and
will make this volume of interest to scholars working on similar
times and contexts.
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