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The Upper Meander Basin qualifies as a region where one can follow the characteristics of the material cultures of two important cultural regions in the Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods and the changes they underwent. The settlement of Selcen-Örenarası is strategically located at the pass connecting the plains to the mountains. Its location enables us to make an overall inference concerning the settlement pattern and cultural process of the settlements in this extensive region, which extends from the Lake District to the Coastal Aegean. The archaeological data shows that before the 6th millennium BC the settlements in the basin shared a cultural structure which was common in many aspects. The analogies which can particularly be followed via the monochrome pottery verify this relationship among the Lake District, the Upper Meander Basin in Central Southwestern Anatolia, and the Coastal Aegean. It is also clear that the cultural borders were reshaped and the above-mentioned common cultural structure underwent a change after the 6th millennium BC. Because of this process, the Upper Meander Basin culturally joined the Lake District, as indicated by the painted pottery. On the other hand, the tradition of monochrome pottery continued uninterruptedly in the Coastal Aegean settlements located in and around İzmir. There is no doubt that the mutual relations within the regions concerned did not completely end. However, after the 6th millennium BC, the Upper Meander Basin displayed a culture which was
identical with that of the Lake District but differed from the Coastal Aegean. These
changes and transformation can be followed via the settlement of Selcen-Örenarası
in the Upper Meander Basin

South Eastern Anatolia, Greater Mesopotamia, Terminal Ubaid, Post Ubaid, Late Chalcolithic 1-5, Uruk Period, Beveled Rim Bowls, cylinder seals, Uruk Period pottery, painted and monochrome Nineveh 5 pottery, Early Bronze Age cist graves, ancient game board tokens, bronze spearhead, pins, bronze ritual objects, thousands of beads, Second Millennium BC pottery, well organized Second Millennium BC site.

South Eastern Anatolia, Greater Mesopotamia, Terminal Ubaid, Post Ubaid, Late Chalcolithic 1-5, Uruk Period, Beveled Rim Bowls, cylinder seals, Uruk Period pottery, painted and monochrome Nineveh 5 pottery, Early Bronze Age cist graves, bronze spearhead, pins, bronze ritual objects, thousands of beads, Second Millennium BC pottery, well organized Second Millennium BC site.

A late 7th and early 6th millennium BC settlement on the Aegean coast (round and rectangular architecture, red slipped pottery, impressed pottery, pintaderas, prismatic blade core, melian obsidian, ground stones, figurine, bone spoon, ear plug, stone celt)

Siirt-Türbe Höyük M.Ö. 6. binyıldan M.Ö. 1. binyılın başlarına, ani Neolitik Dönemden Demir Çağlara kadar yerleşilmiştir. Höyük yalnızca Erken Tunç Çağlarda terkedilmiştir. Höyükte Neolitik Dönem, kafatası gömülerine sahip taş sandık mezarları ile temsil edilmektedir. Halaf, Ubaid ve Uruk Dönemlerine
ait mimari unsurlar ise Orta ve Geç Tunç Çağ yapıları tarafından tamamen tahrip edildiğinden, bu dönemlere ait sadece çanak çömlekler ortaya çıkartılmıştır. Orta ve Geç Tunç Çağ yapıları ise büyük ve güçlü taş temelleri ile höyükteki en önemli mimari yapıları oluşturmaktadır. Özellikle Geç Tunç Çağ’a ait büyük bir tahkimat duvarı boyutlarıyla dikkat çekicidir. Höyükte ortaya çıkartılan buluntular arasında Orta Tunç Çağ’a tarihlenen bir tablet bölgenin sosyo-ekonomik tarihi açısından önemlidir.


Siirt-Türbe Höyük was habited from 6th to 1st millennium B.C., which is to say, from Neolithic period to the Iron Ages. The Neolithic period is represented in the mound by stone cist graves with skulls. Because the architectural remains have been entirely destroyed by the Middle and the Late Bronze Age structures, only some ceramics belonging to Halaf, Ubaid and Uruk periods had been unearthed. Massive and strong stone foundations of Middle and Late Bronze Age structures are the most important architectural remains in the mound. Especially, a fortification wall built in Late Bronze Age is conspicuous. Considerable artefacts were revealed in the mound, and a tablet amongst these is important for the historical process in the region deserves attention.