Settlement spatial analysis of Aktopraklik Hoyuk in early chalcolitic age

This thesis is the interpretation of the intensity rate of pottery and animal bones by using analysis of distribution of mobile artifacts which were excavated from the settlements having the same architectural plan and interior elements. These settlements were discovered in the wide area dated at 5800-5600 BCE. Aktopraklık settlement is a defined space regarding its place in chronology and its artifacts. In this respect, distribution analysis of artifact assemblage will contribute to understanding of the other settlements in the same regional network, especially settlements in the Balkans and Anatolia by considering Aktopraklık Hoyuk as a pattern on a small-scale. GIS's (Geographic Information Systems) potentials of handling with the complexity and multiplicity of the materials worked on, and its feature allowing to analyse in multiple perceptions help researchers to examine the activities in the houses. Ultimately, Settlement Spatial Analysis of Aktopraklık Hoyuk in Early Chalcolitic Age is one of the processes which aim to determine the similarities and differences in intra-settlement spaces, to understand and to interpret settlements as a inseparable whole.