ÇATALHÖYÜK 1997 ARCHIVE REPORT


Çatalhöyük 1997 Lithic Report by James Conolly

Tables:

TABLE 1: DEBITAGE CATEGORIES BY RAW MATERIAL

debitage category obsidian flint total %
flakes 1016 13 1029 87.80
regular blades 6 6 0.51
non-regular blades 17 5 22 1.88
crested blades 2 2 0.17
blade cores 3 3 0.26
flake cores 3 3 0.26
shatter 48 48 4.10
chips 8 8 0.68
interminable debitage 51 51 4.35
totals 1154 18 1172 100.00

TABLE 2: TOOL CATEGORIES

tool category obsidian flint totals %
retouched flakes 105 3 108 43.03
retouched blades 11 5 16 6.37
other retouched 46 2 46 18.33
pièces esquillées 48 48 19.12
complete projectiles/bifaces 24 26 10.36
fragmentary projectiles/bifaces 7 7 2.79
totals 241 10 251 100.00

TABLE 3: CORE CHARACTERISTICS

GID core type production status battering? re-used core? length width thickness
1813.A1 opposed-platform, pièce esquillée type? late yes no 22.09 8.55 6.26
1861.A1 single platform non-prismatic blade productive? no no 21.90 19.10 11.40
1862.A1 pièce esquillée fragment yes yes 18.80 18.50 7.80
1862.A2 pièce esquillée late no yes? 17.90 8.80 6.30
1868.A5 multi-platform, multi-sequence flake. fragment no no 29.20 20.60 17.60
1869.A4 single platform prismatic blade? fragment ? ? 15.35 5.26 3.41
1873.A1 single-platform, non-parallel discoidal flake? fragment yes no? 20.22 18.70 10.73
1882.A1 multi-platform, multi-sequence flake. fragment yes no 16.92 11.51 9.91

TABLE 5: TOOL CLASS BY RAW MATERIAL AND DEBITAGE CATEGORY.

raw material tool class flake blade shatter indeterminable
obsidian biface/projectile 4 1 17
obsidian biface/projectile? 1
obsidian chisel/wedge 1
obsidian cleaver? 3 1
obsidian combination tool 1 1
obsidian combination tool? 1
obsidian indeterminable 12 3 1
obsidian knife/cutting tool 1
obsidian knife/cutting tool? 1
obsidian pièce esquillée 2 2 12
obsidian piercing/drilling tool 1
obsidian projectile 1 3
obsidian scraper/scraper tool 4 1
obsidian scraper/scraper tool? 2
indeterminable flint piercing/drilling tool 1 1
indeterminable flint projectile 1
tabular flint dagger 1
tabular flint scraper/scraper tool 1
tabular flint? piercing/drilling tool 1

TABLE 6: RETOUCH DIAGNOSTICS OF OBSIDIAN CACHE FROM S113.

GID implement classification edge functional classification position delineation extent morphology
2038.X1 biface/projectile ? bifacial denticulated covering semi-abrupt
2038.X2 indeterminable ? bifacial denticulated invasive semi-abrupt
2038.X12 cleaver? cutting edge bifacial convex long low
2038.X15 cleaver? cutting edge bifacial irregular long semi-abrupt
2038.X18 indeterminable ? bifacial concave invasive low
2038.X19 combination tool scraping edge direct convex short abrupt
2038.X19 combination tool cleaver bifacial irregular short semi-abrupt
2038.X23 indeterminable ? bifacial irregular long semi-abrupt
2038.X24 indeterminable cutting edge bifacial regular invasive semi-abrupt
2038.X26 combination tool? scraping edge bifacial concave invasive semi-abrupt
2038.X26 combination tool? cutting edge? bifacial regular invasive semi-abrupt
2038.X27 combination tool burin N/A burin edge long semi-abrupt
2038.X28 indeterminable cutting edge? bifacial irregular long semi-abrupt
2038.X34 scraper/scraper tool scraping edge bifacial convex invasive semi-abrupt
2039.X1 indeterminable chopper? direct irregular short semi-abrupt
2039.X8 pièce esquillée chisel/wedge edge? bifacial irregular invasive semi-abrupt
2039.X8 pièce esquillée chisel/wedge edge? bifacial irregular invasive semi-abrupt
2039.X10 scraper/scraper tool? scraping edge direct convex short semi-abrupt
2039.X10 scraper/scraper tool? ? alternating denticulated short semi-abrupt
2039.X14 cleaver? cleaving edge inverse regular short abrupt
2039.X9 indeterminable chisel/wedge edge bifacial convex short semi-abrupt
2038.X7 cleaver? cutting edge bifacial convex long semi-abrupt

TABLE 7: LITHIC COUNTS, WEIGHTS AND DENSITY BY UNIT.

Unit Count Weight Dry sieve volume Density
1133 2 0 0
1146 1 0 0
1423 1 0.63 5 0.1260
1431 1 0.43 15 0.0287
1459 1 0.18 8 0.0225
1505 6 2.04 540 0.0038
1506 1 0.47 0
1518 3 0.84 870 0.0010
1664 1 5.01 220 0.0228
1675 6 0.54 0
1714 1 1.7 220 0.0077
1722 2 1.52 260 0.0058
1738 1 0.66 80 0.0083
1803 9 9.97 250 0.0399
1838 1 0.64 620 0.0010
1861 4 6.29 0
1862 135 105.04 1060 0.0991
1863 3 1.2 120 0.0100
1865 13 4.89 255 0.0192
1866 12 13.95 165 0.0845
1867 6 8.1 0
1868 100 83.04 1151 0.0721
1869 41 26.4 2100 0.0126
1870 4 17.77 152 0.1169
1873 195 178.55 2815 0.0634
1874 4 2.85 105 0.0271
1875 20 15.83 300 0.0528
1880 3 0.82 0
1881 2 6.17 35 0.1763
1882 5 6.13 198 0.0310
1883 44 58.02 1815 0.0320
1886 4 2.83 210 0.0135
1887 2 5.46 0
1888 7 3.16 23 0.1374
1889 6 7.88 0
1891 1 0.48 35 0.0137
1895 4 4.27 0
1953 3 2.32 45 0.0516
1954 10 8.54 141 0.0606
1956 1 1.37 0
1957 1 0.29 0
1968 3 6.33 0
1969 3 0.36 110 0.0033
1975 1 0.25 0
1978 1 1.19 0
2000 8 4.11 80 0.0514
2006 20 21 330 0.0636
2007 7 2.16 0
2010 7 2.68 155 0.0173
2028 114 31.16 120 0.2597
2032 2 8.76 115 0.0762
2036 13 4.34 480 0.0090
2037 13 12.76 90 0.1418
2038 50 1562.16 0
2039 15 746.91 0
2047 2 3.72 0
2048 1 7.04 65 0.1083
2051 2 1.34 115 0.0117
2059 5 8.5 180 0.0472
2061 27 12.29 105 0.1170
2067 3 9.39 0
2074 5 3.26 195 0.0167
2165 1 0 290 0.0000
2206 4 1.16 75 0.0155
2209 21 13.77 230 0.0599
2210 4 1 30 0.0333
2212 5 9.92 150 0.0661
2213 14 8.38 554 0.0151
2216 4 1.15 100 0.0115
2218 12 6.24 175 0.0357
2220 9 4.18 310 0.0135
2229 38 45.03 0
2308 2 45.11 375 0.1203
2336 1 0 130 0.0000

TABLE 8: LITHIC COUNTS, WEIGHTS, AND DENSITY BY SPACE

space count weight dry sieve volume density by weight
105 1 0.47 0
106 6 2.04 540 0.0038
107/108 3 0.84 870 0.0010
109 83 45.48 10840 0.0042
110 5 7.7 8 0.9625
111 3 0.36 110 0.0033
112 55 54.54 3312 0.0165
113 316 2480.33 16910 0.1467
113/151 1 0 130 0.0000
115 136 105.68 8040 0.0131
116 14 25.08 1565 0.0160
117 314 336.48 58123 0.0058
70 16 10.86 476 0.0228
71 4 1.91 0
86 64 34.88 2119 0.0165
88 5 9.92 450 0.0220
89 4 1 90 0.0111
shrine 1 and 8 4 6.29 0

TABLE 9: LITHIC DENSITY BY UNIT INTERPRETATIVE CATEGORY

interpretative category no. of contexts mean density stdev
bin infill 2 0.0381 0.0229
bin wall 1 0.0117
building fill 5 0.0319 0.0482
burial fill 3 0.0220 0.0296
cleaning 2 0.0709 0.0574
collapsed mudbrick 1 0.0117
dump 30 0.0085 0.0209
dump layer 2 0.0601 0.0851
dumped room fill 4 0.0100 0.0111
floor 1 0.0137
floor makeup/levelling 2 0.0084 0.0112
grave fill 3 0.0052 0.0023
grave pit 1 0.0135
hearth 3 0.0458 0.0246
house fill 1 0.0151
infilling 12 0.0080 0.0083
levelling deposit 1 0.1763
levelling infill 1 0.0000
midden 2 0.0299 0.0423
packing under floor 1 0.0033
pit fill 9 0.0546 0.0840
room backfill 2 0.0381 0.0229
room fill 8 0.0142 0.0158
room infill 1 0.0173
wall 1 0.0010

TABLE 10: LITHIC DENSITIES BY INTERPRETATIVE CATEGORY AND SPACE.

interpretative category 106 107/108 109 111 112 113 116 117 86 88
bin infill 0.0381
bin wall 0.0117
building fill 0.1170 0.0103 0.0115
burial fill 0.0220
cleaning 0.0709
collapsed mudbrick 0.0117
dump 0.0038 0.1170 0.0048
dump layer 0.0601
dumped room fill 0.0100
floor 0.0137
floor makeup/levelling 0.0084
grave fill 0.0052
grave pit 0.0135
hearth 0.0458
house fill 0.0151
infilling 0.0087
levelling deposit 0.1763
levelling infill
midden 0.0599
packing under floor 0.0033
pit fill 0.0527 0.1083 0.0599
room backfill 0.0381
room fill 0.0514 0.0067 0.0098
room infill 0.0173
wall 0.0010


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