Söğüt Tarlası Structure Profile

1964 PPNB Excavation Area

Söğüt Tarlası / Biris Mezarlığı matters as an older PPNB research node that extends the Taş Tepeler map beyond the famous hilltop sites.

1964 PPNB Excavation Area visual reference
Visual reference for orientation. Use source images only when rights are clear.

At a glance

Site
Söğüt Tarlası
Structure
1964 PPNB Excavation Area
Known For
Older PPNB research and material culture context

What you're looking at

Current records point to older 1960s PPNB/Uruk research and a material assemblage including modeled pestles, greenstone axes, grooved smoothers, limestone cups, grinding stones, and jamb stones.

Why it matters

  • Also known in older records as Biris Mezarlığı.
  • Important for northern/western network extent.
  • Older excavation and survey history needs careful modernization.
  • Material culture includes pestles, axes, smoothers, cups, grinding stones, and jamb stones.
  • Structure detail remains sparse compared with flagship sites.

What to notice first

  • Older excavation area
  • PPNB material culture
  • Modeled pestles
  • Greenstone axes
  • Grinding stones
  • Jamb stones
Research layer source notes
  • Keep confirmed public facts separate from research leads and expected future excavation detail.
  • Do not promote structure, object, ritual, or phase claims before plans, loci, dates, or catalog records support them.
  • Use rights-safe fallback imagery unless image rights and credit wording are clear.
  • This page is a public reference layer, not the final excavation report.
  • Evidence note
  • Evidence note
  • MC-0026 older survey and material-culture claim
  • Site profile and evidence notes
  • Which 1964 contexts can be mapped to modern public pages?
  • How should Biris Mezarlığı naming be handled?
  • Which materials have secure object numbers and images?
  • Which details are secure physical observations, and which are reporting shorthand?
  • Which public images can be used after rights review?
  • What future publication will separate structure, object, phase, and date details?
  • Treat this as a public-safe bridge between the site profile and deeper evidence review.
  • Add deeper pages only when evidence records become strong enough to support them.
  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.
Evidence behind this evidence layer

Stable evidence

  • Current records point to older 1960s PPNB/Uruk research and a material assemblage including modeled pestles, greenstone axes, grooved smoothers, limestone cups, grinding stones, and jamb stones.
  • Söğüt Tarlası / Biris Mezarlığı matters as an older PPNB research node that extends the Taş Tepeler map beyond the famous hilltop sites.
  • Also known in older records as Biris Mezarlığı.
  • Important for northern/western network extent.

Where it comes from

  • Evidence note
  • Evidence note
  • MC-0026 older survey and material-culture claim
  • Site profile and evidence notes

Limits

  • Keep confirmed public facts separate from research leads and expected future excavation detail.
  • Do not promote structure, object, ritual, or phase claims before plans, loci, dates, or catalog records support them.
  • Use rights-safe fallback imagery unless image rights and credit wording are clear.
  • This page is a public reference layer, not the final excavation report.

What could change

  • Which 1964 contexts can be mapped to modern public pages?
  • How should Biris Mezarlığı naming be handled?
  • Which materials have secure object numbers and images?
  • Which details are secure physical observations, and which are reporting shorthand?

Open site profile

Source links references
  • Evidence note
  • Evidence note
  • MC-0026 older survey and material-culture claim

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