Çukuriçi Höyük - Prehistoric Textile Production

Based on the research at ukuriçi Höyük, a prehistoric tell settlement on the western Anatolian Aegean coast, this volume focuses on the analysis of textile production technologies. Due to its chronological depth, its geographic location and the excavations carried out using state-of-art methods, this site forms an ideal base for the diachronic investigation of prehistoric textile technologies in Anatolia, the Aegean and neighbouring regions upon. Chronologically the studies are set from the beginning of the settlement at ukuriçi Höyük at the 7th millennium BC and extend slightly beyond the settlements final phase, until the end of the 3rd millennium BC. The often overseen every-day-craft is used as focal point to analyse the distribution of technologies and the connected social constructs. To be able to shed light on the complex interrelationships, textile tools (spindle whorls and loom weights) of various archaeological sites from Greece, Bulgaria and western Turkey were recorded. The finds were analysed via analytical statistical methods and interpreted using different socioeconomic models. The studies offer understanding about how far-reaching technological transfer functioned and which social criteria went with it. Due to the structured approach using statistical methods and model-interpretation, the study offers a stable foundation to build future studies upon and put them into context. In this way, textile archaeology opens up new perspectives on cultural dynamics and the exchange of innovations in prehistoric Anatolia.