14C

Hacilar
Type:
Mound
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Burdur
District:
Merkez
Village:
Hacilar
Chronological Tables    
Explanation: Three distinct cultural periods have been identified at Hacilar. The topmost, Early Chalcolithic, is represented by layers I and V, while the Late Neolithic is represented by layers VI and IX. The oldest cultural period lies atop virgin soil, and has been attributed to the Aceramic Neolithic by Mellaart. R. Duru, who carried out several probes around Hacilar while looking for its necropolis, suggests that Hacilar's Aceramic phase should actually be attributed to the Early Neolithic because he found pottery fragments on red painted floors which were thought to be Aceramic Neolithic. Sample P-315, which has a date of 6990±121, is a combination of samples P-315 and P-315A (7047±221 and 6926±95). Mellaart (1970) labeled sample P-316 with a lab number of P-326B. The same sample was shown in layer IIB by Ralph and Stuckenrath (1962). Three dendrochronological samples, which are part of sample number BM-48 published by Mellaart, were taken by Cornell University from layer VI.
Lab No BP Material Layer BC1 SDa BC1 SDb BC2 SDa BC2 SDb Explanation
BM-127 8700 +/- 180 Charcoal V(Aceramic ?,EN) 8200 7550 8300 7450
P-314 7340 +/- 94 Charcoal IX 6340 6060 6400 6010
BM-125 7770 +/- 180 Charcoal VII 7050 6400 7150 6200
BM-48 7550 +/- 180 Charcoal VI 6600 6210 6900 6000
P-313A 7350 +/- 85 Charcoal VI 6340 6070 6400 6020
P-313 7150 +/- 98 Charcoal VI (?) 6160 5890 6220 5800
P-316 7170 +/- 134 Charcoal IIA 6210 5890 6350 5700
P-315 + 6990 +/- 121 Charcoal IA 5910 5720 6000 5640
AA-41602 7468 +/- 51 Charcoal-Juniper VI 6400 6250 6430 6220
AA-41603 7452 +/- 51 Charcoal-Juniper VI 6390 6240 6430 6210
AA-41604 7398 +/- 63 Charcoal-Juniper VI 6380 6110 6400 6080
P315A 6936 +/- 90 Charcoal (Unidentified) IA 5910 5720 Area E2, room 5, roof beam. From same sample as P-315.
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