@article{Benz_Rössner_Deckers_Riehl_Alt_Özkaya_2017, title={Evidence for early sedentism at Körtik Tepe, southeastern Turkey, during the Younger Dryas}, volume={1}, url={https://bop.unibe.ch/baf/article/view/3355}, DOI={10.22012/baf.2016.01}, abstractNote={<div><em>Location</em>: Körtik Tepe, Province Diyarbakır, Southeastern Turkey, at the confluence of the River Tigris and the Batman Creek.<p> </p><p><em>Period</em>: Younger Dryas to Early Holocene (10400-9200 BCE)</p><p><br /> <em>Focus</em>: Archaeological evidence for permanent occupation of the site; conditions favouring early sedentism at the intersection of two ecological regimes: the riverine environments and the steppe/tree-steppe mountain ranges of the hinterland; ecological and socio-economic impact of sedentism and of climatic changes from the Younger Dryas to the Early Holocene; interpretation of burial customs comparing evidence of daily practices and emerging differentiation in burial rituals.</p><p><br /> <em>Methods</em>: Archaeobotany, stable isotope analyses, modelling of radiocarbon sequences; holistic approach</p></div>}, journal={BAF-Online: Proceedings of the Berner Altorientalisches Forum}, author={Benz, Marion and Rössner, Corinna and Deckers, Kathleen and Riehl, Simone and Alt, Kurt W. and Özkaya, Vecihi}, year={2017}, month={Jan.} }