A phytolith study from Kinet Höyük Hatay
Author(s)
Advisor
Gates, Marie-HenrietteDate
2019-12Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
Phytolith studies are now an established subbranch of archaeobotanical studies.
However, there is a very limited number of phytolith studies focused on
Anatolia. Kinet H oyük is one of the eligible sites since extensive archaeobotanical
studies were conducted and studies are ongoing. From Kinet, 23 samples
are studied for phytolith analysis. 13 of them are extractions from soil samples
and 10 of them are samples which are suspected to contain phytolith fibers. The
contexts vary between room
floor sediments to storage pits. For this study, the
focus is on the multicellular phytoliths, since they can be used for a higher resolution
of identification (Rosen, 1992). This study aims to observe the chronological
changes in storage pit use, if there are any, and the variation between contexts.
Another focus will be the use of reed in these contexts and the possible reasons for their use. For this thesis, quantifiable data was obtained and they
were subject to statistical analysis. The results suggest that there are no contextual
difference in the phytolith assemblage of Kinet; however, chronological
changes were observed.