For discussion of Local Late Chalcolithic material culture at
Hacinebi, see Stein et al 1998, Pearce 2000, and Pittman 1999 on the publications
page of this website,
and the preliminary reports from the 1992-1997
field seasons.
Local Late Chalcolithic seal impressed artifacts and eye idols are illustrated in greater detail on separate pages of this website.
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Vegetal tempered, hand-made Hammerhead bowl HN4653 Op.
6 locus 114. Hammerhead bowls and casseroles are the two most common
and diagnostic Local Late Chalcolithic ceramic forms. They are chronologically
and technologically related to the Amuq F assemblage.
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Vegetal tempered, hand-made Casserole cooking pot.Op.5 locus 53. For general discussion of the Local Late Chalcolithic ceramics see Pearce 2000. |
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Unbaked clay animal figurines. HN3394.1-3. Op. 6 locus
84.
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Rectangular stone stamp seal. HN15690 Op. 4 locus 276 (Pittman 2000) |
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Open faced ceramic molds for casting axe-shaped copper
ingots (Stein and Misir 1996:fig.9)
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Eye idols |
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| Infant jar burial. Op. 17 locus 52 (Stein, Edens, et al. 1996:96). | Two silver rings and one copper ring from infant jar burial. HN8361.01-03. Op. 17 locus 52 (Stein, Edens, et al. 1996:96). . |
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| Worked cowrie shell ornaments: (L) HN5481 Op. 5 locus 31. (R) HN5748 Op. 5 locus 107 |
Chlorite pendant HN928 Op. 2 locus 29 (Stein and Misir 1994:fig. 9). |
Gil J. Stein
g-stein@northwestern.edu
Anthropology Department, Northwestern University
Last modified - August 8, 2001