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oi.uchicago.edu EXCAVATIONS IN THE PLAIN OF ANTIOCH III oi.uchicago.edu Back cover: View of Chatal Höyük from the northeast. Photo taken by Claude Prost, probably in the summer of 1932 oi.uchicago.edu iii EXCAVATIONS IN THE PLAIN OF ANTIOCH III STRATIGRAPHY, POTTERY, AND SMALL FINDS FROM CHATAL HÖYÜK IN THE AMUQ PLAIN MARINA PUCCI with appendices from J. A. BRINKMAN, E. GÖTTING, and G. HÖLBL THIS RESEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT THANKS TO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE SHELBY WHITE-LEON LEVY FOUNDATION PART 1 | TEXT O R I E N TA L INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS • VOLUME 143 THE O R I E N TA L INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO oi.uchicago.edu iv LCCN: 2019930795 ISBN-13: 978-1-61491-046-6 ISSN: 0069-3367 The Oriental Institute, Chicago ©2019 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Published 2019. Printed in the United States of America. Oriental Institute Publications 143 Series Editors Charissa Johnson and Thomas G. Urban with the assistance of Rebecca Cain, Alexandra Cornacchia, Jaslyn Ramos, Emily Smith, and Steven Townshend Cover Illustration Painted potstand, Iron Age I (A26946, cat. no. 134). Illustration by Angela Altenhofen, coloring by Tiziana d’Este. Spine Illustration Scene incised on ostracon (A17370, cat. no. 1110). Illustration by Angela Altenhofen. Printed by Marquis Book Printing in Montmagny, Québec Canada through Four Colour Print Group. This paper meets the requirements of ansi/niso Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper) oi.uchicago.edu v Table of Contents List of Tables .............................................................................. xiii List of Figures ..............................................................................xv Preface (James F. Osborne) .................................................................... xix Acknowledgments .......................................................................... xxi Bibliography .............................................................................xxiii CHAPTER 1. History of the Excavations, Research, and Materials. .1 The Archaeological Investigations at Chatal Höyük and in the Amuq: A Brief History ............1 Excavation Routine and Documentation System ...........................................3 The Excavation System...........................................................3 The Daily Routine at the Excavation House..........................................4 History of Research ....................................................................5 The Reports and the Amuq Research ...............................................5 The Amuq Cultural Phases........................................................6 Materials from Chatal Höyük in the Current Research of the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age Periods ..............................................8 Aims and Structure of the Publication ....................................................9 CHAPTER 2. Methods of Reanalysis ............................................................13 Materials and Documents at Our Disposal ................................................13 The Written Documentation .....................................................13 The Small Finds ................................................................13 The Pottery ...................................................................14 Data Processing and Cataloging. 14 The Stratigraphy ...............................................................14 Pottery Analysis ...............................................................16 Fabrics ..................................................................17 Shapes ..................................................................17 Surface Treatments........................................................17 Decoration ...............................................................18 Pottery Selection and Classes ....................................................18 Small Finds....................................................................20 Classification for Relative Chronology and Archaeological Sequence. 21 Functional Classification for Understanding Cultural Features ..............................22 The Functional Categories .......................................................22 CHAPTER 3. Area I: Stratigraphy and Related Materials ...........................................29 Phase N, Level I_10 ...................................................................30 Phase N, Level I_09 ...................................................................31 Locus V-13_09 .................................................................32 Locus W-15_IIIe ................................................................32 Phase N, Level I_08 ...................................................................33 Loci V-13_08, V-13_08_Floor .....................................................33 Locus W-15_IIId ................................................................36 Phase N_Final, Level I_07 ..............................................................37 v oi.uchicago.edu vi Table of Contents Locus V-13_07 .................................................................37 Phase O_Beg, Level I_06 ...............................................................39 Northwestern Area: Locus W-12_IIIc ..............................................40 Central Area: Locus V-13_06 (Including V-12).......................................40 Eastern Area: Loci W-15_IIIc+, W-15_IIIc_Tr, V-15_IIIc................................42 Town Wall Trench, Locus W-13_Tr ................................................42 Phase O, Level I_05 ...................................................................43 The Pottery from Loci W/V/U-12/13/14/15_IIIc ....................................43 Caches V-13/7, V-13/6 . 48 Phase O, Level I_04 ...................................................................49 Loci W/V/U-12/13/14/15_IIIb/_III_Low ...........................................49 The In Situ Assemblages: The Central Units (Caches V-13/4, V-13/2)...................52 Assemblages in Caches V-13/3, V-13/5 ............................................53 The In Situ Assemblages: The Northwestern Units (Caches W-13/2, W-13/3) ............54 Phase O, Level I_03 ...................................................................55 Loci W/V/U-13/14/15_IIIa/_III/_III_High ..........................................55 The Caches in the Level (W-15/2, W-13/1, W-14/1, V-14/1, V-15/1, V-15/2).............56 Phase O-Q, Level I_02 .................................................................58 Loci U-13_II, W-13_II, W-14_II ....................................................59 Locus V-13_II . 60 Phase Q-T, Levels I_01, I_00 ............................................................60 The Town Wall in Area I ...............................................................61 CHAPTER 4. Area II: Stratigraphy and Related Materials ..........................................63 Phase M, Level II_13 (No Loci) ..........................................................63 Phase M, Level II_12 ..................................................................64 Loci N-13_10, N-14_II ...........................................................65 Locus N-13_IIe .................................................................68 Phase M, Level II_11 ..................................................................70 Pottery of Locus N-13_IId_Floor ..................................................71 Pottery of Loci N-13_IId, N-13_IId_Pit .............................................73 Graves ........................................................................74 Phase M-N, Level II_10_Floor, II_10_Fill ..................................................75 Locus N-13_IIc_Floor (Phase M)...................................................75 Loci N-13_IIc_Pit, N-13_IIc (Phase N) ..............................................77 Graves ........................................................................81 Phase N_Beg, Level II_09 ...............................................................82 Pottery of Locus N-13_IIb........................................................82 Phase N, Level II_08 ...................................................................85 Loci N-13_II, N-13_III, N-13_Ib ....................................................86 Phase N, Level II_07 ...................................................................89 Locus N-13_Id..................................................................89 Locus N-13_III .................................................................90 Phase N-O, Level II_06 .................................................................91 Locus N-13_Ic..................................................................91 Cache N-13/1 ..................................................................92 Phase O, Level II_05 ...................................................................93 Loci M-13_IIIb, M-13_III, P-13_03 .................................................93 Phase O, Level II_04 ...................................................................95 oi.uchicago.edu Table of Contents vii Loci P-13_02, P-12_02 ...........................................................96 Loci N-12_03, N-12_02c, N-13_01a .................................................98 Phase O, Level II_03 ...................................................................99 Loci M-12_03, N-12_02, M-13_Ia, P-13_Ia–b . .99 Loci M-12_02, M-12_03, N-12_02, N-12_03 .........................................101 Cache M-13/1.................................................................103