BONE ARTIFACTS AS WITNESSES TO CULTURAL CONTINUITY AT TATARLI HÖYÜK

Abstract

This paper is a preliminary evaluation of the bone artifacts from Tatarlı Höyük in Adana, Turkey. It is a site that holds an important place in the settlement history of Cilicia and shows a continuous, characteristic settlement until the Early Roman Period. In addition to personal ornaments such as beads and pendants, tools used in different economic activities in the daily life of Tatarlı Höyük, especially weaving, such as spatulas, spindle whorls, needles, pointed tools and handles are found in the bone assemblage. Majority of textile tools in these bone assemblage can be assumed as the evidence of economic importance and continuity of the weaving industry at Tatarlı Höyük.