Construction of theKarakaya Dam has flooded the northeast of thetell mound. Rescue excavations were carried out by theFrench National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS) underJacques Cauvin between 1979 and 1986. Finds at the site were dated to thePaleolithic,Pre-Pottery Neolithic,PotteryNeolithic,Early Bronze Age along with a fewMedieval finds. Building techniques at the site were seen to be similar to those used atCayonu with a rectangular mud-brick structures with three rooms called by Cauvin the "cell-plan" phase. Engravings of the shoulders ofbulls on the walls of a house were indicative ofanimalism similar to that found atÇatalhöyük. The first evidence of domesticatedcereals appears shortly before this stage.Livestock farming was not evidenced at this level but developed later in thePPNB.[1] Features of the tell mound have been suggested to indicate male and female fertility features. Votivefigurines were also found during excavations that were suggested to be maleGods.[2]
The "old period" of the settlement shows a predominant use offlint for tools but in the "middle period"obsidian becomes increasingly prevalent. The "new period" evidences use of around 90% obsidian.Skeletons were also unearthed including those of two children. A skeleton of a petdog was found evidencing hunting ofrabbits along with larger animals in the first stage such aswild boar,roe deer,foxes and other prey.Sheep andgoats are both hunted and a very small number ofbear andpanther bones were also discovered. Findings indicated that larger prey was hunted in later stages.[2]
Wildemmer andeinkorn wheat were found in the first layers of excavation. Wheat,barley,lentils andpeas were found cultivated along with wild varieties in later levels.Silos for storing grain were also found at these levels.[4] The first layers of the excavations showed evidence of wildemmer andeinkornwheat. It was shown from the findings that these twocereals were taken intocultivation first, followed by the lentils, peas andvetch and afterwards barley.[2] This evidence ledWillem van Zeist to suggest that domesticated crops did not enter the area around theTaurus Mountains and NorthernSyria until the middle of thePPNB.[1]
Cauvin drew detailed designs of the various settlement construction phases and dated the "old period" to thePre-Pottery Neolithic B withc14 dates of around 8450-7180 BCE.[2] More recent calibrations have pushed the dating of the earliest levels back as far as 8920 BCE.[5]
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Cauvin, Jacques., Cafer Hoyuk Kazisi 982 yili raporu (en Turc). V Kazi Sonuçlan Toplantisi (Istanbul 23-27 Mayis 1983) 65–66., 1984.
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Cauvin, Jacques., with M. Molust., Les niveaux inférieurs de Cafer Hoyiik. Stratigraphie et architectures. Fouilles 84–86. Cahiers de l'Euphrate 5-6 85-1 14. Paris ERC., 1991.
Cauvin, Jacques. with O. Aurenche, M.-C. Cauvin et N. Balkan-Atli., The Pre-pottery Site of Cafer Hoyiik. In Ôzdoan M. and Basgelen N. (eds). Neolithic in Turkey 87-103 et pi. h. t.., 59-11 Istanbul Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayinlazi., 1999.
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