Sayburç Structure Profile

Structure BB

Structure BB is a fully excavated domestic building with a bedrock floor, bench, niche, hearth, central T-pillar with human features, and grinding stones or pestles.

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At a glance

Site
Sayburç
Structure
Structure BB
Known For
The House With A Human-Featured Pillar

What you're looking at

Structure BB is a fully excavated domestic building with a bedrock floor, bench, niche, hearth, central T-pillar with human features, and grinding stones or pestles. Published work describes it as: Southern residential area; dwelling / domestic building; fully excavated building.

Why it matters

  • Plan: fully excavated building
  • Central T-pillar with human features
  • grinding stones and pestles in food-preparation contexts
  • Area: Southern residential area
  • Type: dwelling / domestic building
  • bedrock floor
  • bench
  • niche

What to notice first

  • bedrock floor
  • bench
  • niche
  • domed hearth in eastern wall
  • central T-pillar with human features
  • grinding stones and pestles in food-preparation contexts
Research layer Sayburc notes
  • Use reported wording where exact locus, phase, function, and feature counts remain open.
  • Do not reduce Sayburç evidence to one settled myth, ritual, or domestic-only explanation.
  • Keep domestic evidence and symbolic interpretation separate.
  • Scene description and interpretation must stay separate.
  • Özdoğan 2024, pp. 7-8; Fig. 8-9
  • Özdoğan 2024, pp. 7-8, Fig. 8-9
  • Özdoğan 2022/2024 evidence trail and Sayburç research-grade matrix
  • Which details are secure physical observations, and which are interpretation or reporting shorthand?
  • What later publication will separate exact locus, dating, and feature-level context?
  • expandable-ready
  • integrated
  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.
Evidence behind this evidence layer

Stable evidence

  • Structure BB is a fully excavated domestic building with a bedrock floor, bench, niche, hearth, central T-pillar with human features, and grinding stones or pestles. Published work describes it as: Southern residential area; dwelling / domestic building; fully excavated building.
  • Plan: fully excavated building
  • grinding stones and pestles in food-preparation contexts
  • Area: Southern residential area

Where it comes from

  • Özdoğan 2024, pp. 7-8; Fig. 8-9
  • Özdoğan 2024, pp. 7-8, Fig. 8-9
  • Özdoğan 2022/2024 evidence trail and Sayburç research-grade matrix

Limits

  • Use reported wording where exact locus, phase, function, and feature counts remain open.
  • Do not reduce Sayburç evidence to one settled myth, ritual, or domestic-only explanation.
  • Keep domestic evidence and symbolic interpretation separate.
  • Scene description and interpretation must stay separate.

What could change

  • Which details are secure physical observations, and which are interpretation or reporting shorthand?
  • What later publication will separate exact locus, dating, and feature-level context?
  • expandable-ready
  • integrated

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Source links references
  • Özdoğan 2024, pp. 7-8; Fig. 8-9

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