2023–2024 Excavations at Boğaziye Höyüğü: A Recently Discovered Mound Settlement ın the Upper Khabur Region

Bülent Genç; Muaviye Şahin; Senem Işık; Ayda Abakay; Şemsihan Kaya; Erkan Konyar; Armağan Tan

Makale detayları

2023–2024 Excavations at Boğaziye Höyüğü: A Recently Discovered Mound Settlement ın the Upper Khabur Region

Yazarlar:

Bülent Genç | Muaviye Şahin | Senem Işık | Ayda Abakay | Şemsihan Kaya | Erkan Konyar | Armağan Tan

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Early Bronze Age Archeology

Dergi:

Anatolian Research Issue 32, pp.83-102

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355404

pISSN:

0569-9746

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Boğaziye Höyüğü lies at the northwestern end of the vast and fertile Upper Khabur Region, which stretches along the southern foothills of the Kašiari Mountains. Material culture remains unearthed at the mound by two seasons of excavations 2023-2024 shows significant similarities to assemblages known from other Upper Khabur sites. Our excavations in Trenches BE18BE17 and BF18 on the northern slope of the mound focused on revealing the stratigraphic sequence in this area. Architectural remains of Building Levels I and II and finds from these contexts in Trench BE18 are dateable to the mid-3rd millennium BC. In Trench BE17, Building Level I also revealed finds that can be dated to the 3rd especially mid-3rd millennium BC, and in Trench BF18, ceramic sherds dateable to the 3rd millennium BC were found in Building Level III. This article presents new findings from Boğaziye Höyüğü and discusses their significance in comparison with the results of surveys and excavations in the Upper Khabur Region, which have continued increasingly since the mid-1930s. We evaluate the significance of Boğaziye Höyüğü as a regional center within the Upper Khabur basin, and we elucidate its habitation sequence and building levels in the light of our recent excavations. Based on a comparative evaluation of its material culture remains within a regional perspective, we contextualize Boğaziye Höyüğü in relationship to the cultural horizons of the early and mid-3rd millennium BC in the Upper Khabur Valley.

 Boğaziye Höyüğü lies at the northwestern end of the vast and fertile Upper Khabur Region, which stretches along the southern foothills of the Kašiari Mountains. Material culture remains unearthed at the mound by two seasons of excavations 2023-2024 shows significant similarities to assemblages known from other Upper Khabur sites. Our excavations in Trenches BE18BE17 and BF18 on the northern slope of the mound focused on revealing the stratigraphic sequence in this area. Architectural remains of Building Levels I and II and finds from these contexts in Trench BE18 are dateable to the mid-3rd millennium BC. In Trench BE17, Building Level I also revealed finds that can be dated to the 3rd especially mid-3rd millennium BC, and in Trench BF18, ceramic sherds dateable to the 3rd millennium BC were found in Building Level III. This article presents new findings from Boğaziye Höyüğü and discusses their significance in comparison with the results of surveys and excavations in the Upper Khabur Region, which have continued increasingly since the mid-1930s. We evaluate the significance of Boğaziye Höyüğü as a regional center within the Upper Khabur basin, and we elucidate its habitation sequence and building levels in the light of our recent excavations. Based on a comparative evaluation of its material culture remains within a regional perspective, we contextualize Boğaziye Höyüğü in relationship to the cultural horizons of the early and mid-3rd millennium BC in the Upper Khabur Valley.

 Boğaziye Höyüğü lies at the northwestern end of the vast and fertile Upper Khabur Region, which stretches along the southern foothills of the Kašiari Mountains. Material culture remains unearthed at the mound by two seasons of excavations 2023-2024 shows significant similarities to assemblages known from other Upper Khabur sites. Our excavations in Trenches BE18BE17 and BF18 on the northern slope of the mound focused on revealing the stratigraphic sequence in this area. Architectural remains of Building Levels I and II and finds from these contexts in Trench BE18 are dateable to the mid-3rd millennium BC. In Trench BE17, Building Level I also revealed finds that can be dated to the 3rd especially mid-3rd millennium BC, and in Trench BF18, ceramic sherds dateable to the 3rd millennium BC were found in Building Level III. This article presents new findings from Boğaziye Höyüğü and discusses their significance in comparison with the results of surveys and excavations in the Upper Khabur Region, which have continued increasingly since the mid-1930s. We evaluate the significance of Boğaziye Höyüğü as a regional center within the Upper Khabur basin, and we elucidate its habitation sequence and building levels in the light of our recent excavations. Based on a comparative evaluation of its material culture remains within a regional perspective, we contextualize Boğaziye Höyüğü in relationship to the cultural horizons of the early and mid-3rd millennium BC in the Upper Khabur Valley.

 Boğaziye Höyüğü lies at the northwestern end of the vast and fertile Upper Khabur Region, which stretches along the southern foothills of the Kašiari Mountains. Material culture remains unearthed at the mound by two seasons of excavations 2023-2024 shows significant similarities to assemblages known from other Upper Khabur sites. Our excavations in Trenches BE18BE17 and BF18 on the northern slope of the mound focused on revealing the stratigraphic sequence in this area. Architectural remains of Building Levels I and II and finds from these contexts in Trench BE18 are dateable to the mid-3rd millennium BC. In Trench BE17, Building Level I also revealed finds that can be dated to the 3rd especially mid-3rd millennium BC, and in Trench BF18, ceramic sherds dateable to the 3rd millennium BC were found in Building Level III. This article presents new findings from Boğaziye Höyüğü and discusses their significance in comparison with the results of surveys and excavations in the Upper Khabur Region, which have continued increasingly since the mid-1930s. We evaluate the significance of Boğaziye Höyüğü as a regional center within the Upper Khabur basin, and we elucidate its habitation sequence and building levels in the light of our recent excavations. Based on a comparative evaluation of its material culture remains within a regional perspective, we contextualize Boğaziye Höyüğü in relationship to the cultural horizons of the early and mid-3rd millennium BC in the Upper Khabur Valley.

Makale detayları

2023–2024 Excavations at Boğaziye Höyüğü: A Recently Discovered Mound Settlement ın the Upper Khabur Region

Yazarlar:

Bülent Genç | Muaviye Şahin | Senem Işık | Ayda Abakay | Şemsihan Kaya | Erkan Konyar | Armağan Tan

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Early Bronze Age Archeology

Dergi:

Anatolian Research Issue 32, pp.83-102

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355404

pISSN:

0569-9746

Upper Khabur Region

Early Bronze Age

Early Jezirah Period

Early Dynastic III/IV

terracotta chariot models

Sayı

Makale detayları

2023–2024 Excavations at Boğaziye Höyüğü: A Recently Discovered Mound Settlement ın the Upper Khabur Region

Yazarlar: Bülent Genç | Muaviye Şahin | Senem Işık | Ayda Abakay | Şemsihan Kaya | Erkan Konyar | Armağan Tan

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Early Bronze Age Archeology

Dergi: Anatolian Research Issue 32, pp.83-102

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001355404

pISSN: 0569-9746

Upper Khabur Region

Early Bronze Age

Early Jezirah Period

Early Dynastic III/IV

terracotta chariot models

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Bülent Genç | Muaviye Şahin | Senem Işık | Ayda Abakay | Şemsihan Kaya | Erkan Konyar | Armağan Tan

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Early Bronze Age Archeology

Dergi:

Anatolian Research Issue 32, pp.83-102

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355404

pISSN:

0569-9746