14C

Tepecik / Makaraz Tepe
Type:
Mound
Region:
Eastern Anatolia
Province:
Elazig
District:
Merkez
Village:
Tepecik
Chronological Tables    
Explanation: The mound was occupied continuously from the Late Neolithic Age to the Middle Age, and was used as a cemetery during the Middle Age. The layers of EBA Phase I-III was uncovered at the southern core of the mound, which is called 'the Old Mound' (southern, western and eastern slopes of the mound during the excavation). The EBA settlement sits on the central mound of the Chalcolithic Age. The western and northern slopes of the hill are called 'the New Mound' because of the Middle and Late Bronze Age layers. There are eight 14C specimens from the EBA layers of Tepecik. Two of them, ODTÜ-K14 and ODTÜ-26, are not included in the table since they are new. The MBA layers of Tepecik have only one 14C sample. The sample ODTÜ-K15B was published by Ozbakan as 4000±60 while the sample ODTÜ-K22A as 2890±60. And the sample Gr-5282 was published in Radiocarbon 14 by the name of Mollakendi (Vogel-Waterbolk 1972:51).
Lab No BP Material Layer BC1 SDa BC1 SDb BC2 SDa BC2 SDb Explanation
ODTÜ K-19 4790 +/- 60 Charcoal Chalcolithic Lev.3 3650 3510 3700 3370
ODTÜ K-16 3000 +/- 70 Charcoal Chalcolithic Lev.3 1380 1120 1410 1010
ODTÜ K-20 2912 +/- 76 Charcoal Chalcolithic Lev.3 1260 990 1370 900
ODTÜ-K15B 4003 +/- 60 Charcoal 12K, 4 2630 2450 2900 2300
ODTÜ-K15A 3626 +/- 59 Charcoal 12K, 4 1390 1130 1430 1050
ODTÜ-K13 3013 +/- 68 Charcoal 12K, 4 1380 1120 1420 1040
ODTÜ-K29A 2759 +/- 80 Charcoal 11I, 4 1000 820 1130 790
ODTÜ-K25A 3012 +/- 61 Charcoal 10K, 2b 1380 1130 1410 1040
GrN-5285 3980 +/- 70 Charcoal ? 2580 2350 2900 2200
ODTÜ-K22A 2891 +/- 63 Charcoal 7K, 4 1210 940 1270 900
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