Buildings shedding light on the Çine-Tepecik Late Bronze Age settlement economic system

The cultural layer II 1 of Çine-Tepecik center dated in the Late Bronze Age demonstrates a settlement model which has a defense system. In this settlement, architectural remains providing an understanding about the economic structure of the era were detected. Structures used as a warehouse and vestiges belonging to production activities present a certain economic system in the settlement. Architecture and architectural finds unearthed in the excavations so far contribute to bring forth of the economic conditions, the commercial relations, and the connections with other cultures in the region at the Çine-Tepecik Late Bronze Age settlement. The structures functioning storage and the vestiges giving clue in production prove the intense interregional trade of Çine-Tepecik Late Bronze Age settlement. Ceramics, metal works, bone tools and the detailed definition and dating of the finds belonging to paleolith industry alongside the architectural evidence present the commercial activities of Çine-Tepecik settlement in Aegean Region. In this context, evaluating architecture and finds together, description of the economic system in the light of archaeological evidence and specifying the prominent materials in production prove the intercultural interaction. Chronological dating was provided in line with the analysis of the finds recovered from the warehouse units and workshops in the commercial system in the Çine-Tepecik Late Bronze Age settlement. Especially the analysis results of Archaeobotanical works related to warehouse structures present the agricultural production of Çine-Tepecik settlement. Architectural plans and build sizes of the settlement are determined with the vectorial illustration of architectural vestiges in digital environment. The intended use of the structures is determined by doing spatial analysis with finds located on architectural plans in the Geographical Information System. With the analysis and digital studies, all the economic data of the settlement will be provided to discuss.