Diyarbakır / Salat Tepe Orta Tunç Çağı İnsanları: Antropolojik Bir İnceleme
The Middle Bronze Age of Diyarbakır/Salat Tepe People: An Anthropological Review
Author(s): Okşan Başoğlu, A. Cem ErkmanSubject(s): History, Customs / Folklore, Ancient World, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Demography and human biology
Published by: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: The Middle Bronze Age; Anthropology; Paleodemography; Paleopathology; Height Estimations;
Summary/Abstract: During the rescue excavations at Salat Tepe site in Diyarbakır , which is currently under the lake of IIisu dam region, 21 skeletons were unearthed; the paelopathological, paleodemographical, morphological and non-metrical aspects of the seskeletons were analyzed. The results of the archaeological and anthropological findings indicate that the inhabitants of Salat Tepe during the Middle Bronze Age period based their socio-economic structure on agriculture with a modes tlifestyle. The population of Salat Tepe reflects the general characteristics of ancient Anatolian communitie swith a rather small farming community depending on local farmin.
Journal: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
- Issue Year: 8/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-38
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Turkish