No General Descriptions provided.
| 36 S |
| Konya Plain - Early Neolithic |
| Pre-Pottery Neolithic | |
| Konya Ovasnda Erken Neolitik Canak Comleksiz Neolitik | |
| Neolithique inferieur en Anatolie centrale Néolithique pre-ceramique |
| unknown [---] |
| Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic |
| Succeeding: Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic (tr_konya_mnl) [None] |
| unknown |
| Year Range | Konya Plain - Early Neolithic (tr_konya_enl) was in: |
|---|---|
| (9600 BCE 7001 BCE) | Konya Plain |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic; Konya Ovasι’nda Erken Neolitik Çağ/Çanak Çömleksiz Neolitik; Néolithique inférieur en Anatolie centrale/Néolithique pré-céramique ... this is not machine readable.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic; Konya Ovasι’nda Erken Neolitik Çağ/Çanak Çömleksiz Neolitik; Néolithique inférieur en Anatolie centrale/Néolithique pré-céramique ... this is not machine readable.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic; Konya Ovasι’nda Erken Neolitik Çağ/Çanak Çömleksiz Neolitik; Néolithique inférieur en Anatolie centrale/Néolithique pré-céramique ... this is not machine readable.
{9600 BCE; 9500 BCE}-7000 BCE uncertainty/disagreement cannot be coded for this variable
No information in the archaeological evidence for this time, even if stone architecture has been found in Göbekli Tepe, it does not appear to be for military purposes [1]
[1]: https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_a/advanced/ta_1_2b.html
Technology not found in archaeological evidence until much later. Beads and tools carved from copper have been found but no weapons or smelting at this time [1]
[1]: https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_a/advanced/ta_1_2c.html
At Çatalhöyük clay balls have been interpreted as sling ammunition."The use of the sling is alos attested in wall art that features a purported slinger." [1]
[1]: (Knüsel: Glencross and Milella 2019: 83) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/WH6NHDHM.
Bone harpoons found for this time, but it is unclear if used for warfare or hunting. There is no reason to believe that other humans couldn’t be the target for these though [1]
[1]: (Leverani 2014, 36) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.
"Composite bows are known from both Mesopotamia and the Great Steppe from the III millennium BCE." [1] "The composite bows spread into Palestine around 1800 BCE and were introduced into Egypt by the Hyksos in 1700 BCE." [2]
[1]: Sergey A Nefedov, RAN Institute of History and Archaeology, Yekaterinburg, Russia. Personal Communication to Peter Turchin. January 2018.
[2]: (Roy 2015, 20) Kaushik Roy. 2015. Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500 BCE to 1740 CE. Routledge. London.
"The donkey was probably domesticated from the African wild ass ’in more than one place’ but for the Nubian subspecies 5500-4500 BCE in the Sudan. Only in Africa, presumably, so the donkey would not have been here yet [1]
[1]: (Mitchell 2018, 39) Peter Mitchell 2018. The Donkey in Human History: An Archaeological Perspective. Oxford University Press. Oxford.
Earliest reference for present we currently have is for the Hittites. [1] In Egypt helmets were probably first worn by charioteers in the 18th Dynasty c1500 BCE. [2]
[1]: Bryce T. (2007) Hittite Warrior, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, pp. 15-16
[2]: (Hoffmeier 2001) J K Hoffmeier in D B Redford. ed. 2001. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. Oxford.