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Title: Archaeological Survey at Salat Cami Yanı
Subtitle: A Pottery Neolithic Site in the Tigris Valley, Southeast Turkey
Author(s): MIYAKE, Yutaka
Journal: Anatolica
Volume: 31    Date: 2005   
Pages: 1-17
DOI: 10.2143/ANA.31.0.2011750

Abstract :
There seem to be distinctive disparities between the Pre-Pottery Neolithic and Pottery Neolithic periods in Southeast Anatolia. Although a series of 'cult buildings'found at Çayōnū and Nevalı Çori are well deserved of considerable attention, recent breathtaking findings at Göbekli Tepe have entirely altered the image of Pre-Pottery Neolithic Societies. As well as the life size male statue from Yeni Mahalle and other hilltop sites detected in Şanlıurfa province, these are explicit evidence of a high level of social complexity in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic periods in addition to the large settlement size, sophisticated layout of settlements and active long distance trade already known.

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