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Cemetery |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Izmir |
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District:
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Çesme |
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Village:
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Sakarya |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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| Location: It is situated in Sakarya Quarter of Çesme District in Izmir [Sahoglu et al. 2009:237]. |
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| Research and Excavation: 4 graves were dug in 2000 and 2 in 2005 during the excavations performed under the direction of Çesme Archaeological Museum, besides these several adjustments within the cemetery area were identified [Sahoğlu et al. 2009:237]. |
| Stratigraphy: The graves were dated to the second half of EBA [Sahoğlu et al. 2009:237]. |
| Small Finds: The 6 graves that were dug contain atypical grave forms in terms of Anatolian and Aegean Archaeology findings to date. Some of these are room type graves carved inside the rocks and one is a pithos type grave. Some graves were identified as "burial pits". But it is also a possibility that these were originally grave rooms with collapsed ceilings. The displacement of the first skeleton to the side for the new burial was identified. Among burial finds there were many metallic items besides the sherds, obsidian and spindl whorls. The skeletons were not well preserved and their anthropological analysis are not performed yet. Grave 1: The burial which was initially falsely identified as pit burial but was actually a grave room carved inside the porous bedrock with a collapsed ceiling covers an area of 1.5 m in diameter. 3 human skeletons were found inside the grave where 1 is smaller than the other two. A beak shape spouted jug, one horizontal handled bowl which was not well preserved and chisel decorated spindle whorl were found on the surface. A spiral was found during the sifting of the grave soil which was assumed to be a bronze earring. Grave 4: Remains of a possible upper structure were not identified. It has a diameter approximately of 0.75 m. It contains coarse sherds ans a tripod vessel. Grave 5: The circular grave has a larger diameter at the bottom and it narrows towards the top. It may be assumed that the the grave top was destroyed through collapsing. Two mugs in the form of jugs and a pyxis with string handle holes were found. Pyxis is a red slipped fine ware specimen and it belongs to Anatolian Commercial Network period which was encountered before. Grave 6: It is a circular form pit burial. It probably was a grave room carved inside the bedrock. The burial depth is approximately 1.5 m from the surface. A single handle black slipped vessel was found at 1.4 m depth. Skeletons and skulls were revealed buried in hocker position underneath these. Grave 2: It is the best rock carved grave example identified. The largest part of the oval grave is approximately 1.5 m and it contains a gate that opens into the dromos. The skeleton was found piled underneath the burial items in the east corner of the grave. Grave 3: It is a pithos grave immediately next to the cover stone of grave 2. It contains some burnt human bones but grave items did not exist. It may be related to grave 2 [Sahoglu et al. 2009: 237-239]. |
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