Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
WORLD NEOLITHIC CONGRESS 2024 , Şanlıurfa, Türkiye, 3 Ekim - 08 Kasım 2024, ss.125, (Özet Bildiri)
Various relationships between lakes and Neolithic settlements in the Lake District of southwestern Anatolia are determined by geographical, climatic, and social factors. These relationships effectively determined the Neolithic communities' choice of settlements and shaped their lifestyles. The Lake District has a rugged geographical structure except for the basins in which the lakes were formed. During the Holocene Period, the water level of these lakes gradually began to recede. Neolithic inhabitants settled around the lakes and used these flat areas, formed by the receding lakes and fed by many small streams, for agriculture. On the other hand, in this rugged geography, the 'Lake District' basin constituted the necessary routes along which the roads connecting the settlements passed. The microclimate characteristics formed around the lakes during the Holocene Period also provided favourable conditions for agriculture. The data obtained from the drilling studies in the region indicate that the areas around the lakes must have become more attractive during the Holocene period when the climate was drier and colder. Within this framework, it is evident that the lakes and wetlands, whose water level decreased during the Neolithic period, played a critical role in the site location of Neolithic settlements. Archaeological excavations, surveys, and paleoclimate studies in the Lake District have provided an understanding of its cultural characteristics and environmental conditions and revealed the existence of multidirectional relationships in the environment-climate-culture triangle.