The process of neolithization and consequent changes in the region of Istanbul

Mehmet Özdoğan

doi:10.4312/dp.51.20

Authors

Mehmet Özdoğan Istanbul University, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.51.20

Keywords:

Ağaçlɩ, Fikirtepe, Marmara region, neolithization, cultural adaptation

Abstract

During the last few decades, our knowledge of processes leading to the establishment of food-producing communities in regions peripheral or exterior to that of the core areas of primary neolithization has increased considerably, making it possible to better understand the interaction of migrant farmers with local indigenous communities and how they adapted to environmental conditions that were much different from the places they came from. The paper will limit its focus to discussing the process of neolithization in the region around Istanbul, where the emigrant farmers merged with the Mesolithic community of the Ağaçlɩ culture and developed a new socio-economic model forming the Fikirtepe culture.

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