Abstract:

In recent years, the number of settlements in the Chanak-Tomless Neolithic Period in Northern Mesopotamia, which is also within the Southeast Anadolu Region, has increased and the new data on the painting art of this period has been obtained. In this context, research shows that these findings are mostly interpreted through social and cultural suggestions that develop around symbolism and ritual concepts. In this context, among the clouds of importance in the symbolic and iconographic context in the process of Neolithization of the East, there are many publications and research on findings such as human figurines/statues, animal figurines/statues, figurated stone objects, stone vases, wall decorations (coloration, fissure or cutting), stone plantations. With the transition to the built-in life in these studies, the PPNA Period is of separate importance due to the visual characteristics they have shown and regional diversity, while the bone plates that begin to be produced are more backward. In 2012 and 2017, a group of bone plates discussed in the mining in the Boncuklu Tarla settlement site in this context opens a new debate on the production of the objects concerned in both typological and technological contexts and gives new information.

Abstract:

In recent years, it has been observed that the number of settlements in North Mesopotamia, including the Southeastern Anatolia Region, has increased after the studies to examine the symbolic and ritual concepts of Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period. And it is seen that new data were obtained on the art of depiction of this period. Although the finds are interpreted mostly through the socio-cultural proposals around the concept of symbolism, it is seen that the region exhibits some cultural differences in itself during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period. In the Neolithic process of the Near East, especially in the symbolic and iconographic contexts, there are many publications and research on human figurines/sculptures, animal figurines/sculptures, figured stone objects, stone vases, wall decorations (painting, embossing or scraping), and stone pillars. Although the bone plaques, which have been produced together with the transition to settled life (PPNA), are more in the background, these findings are of special importance due to their visual characteristics and regional diversity. A group of bone plaques found in the excavations carried out in 2012 and 2017 at the site of the Boncuklu Tarla lead to a new discussion and new information on the production of such objects in the context of both typological and technological aspects.

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