Neolitik Anadolu'da coğrafi bilgi sistemlerinin (CBS) ve çok yönlü analizlerin uygulanması: Barcın Höyük'te yerleşim-içi mekansal analizler

Barcın Höyük, a seventh millennium BC Neolithic settlement in Bursa Province, Turkey, provides a crucial link between the Balkan and Anatolian regions and contributes to the understanding of how the Neolithic and its material culture expanded. By conducting a spatial intra-settlement analysis focused on the material assemblage, small-scale practices of Barcın Höyük can be assessed using a bottom-up approach. Additionally, recurring events allow daily practices to be addressed in long-term larger regional frameworks. Ultimately, this leads to a better understanding of the daily life of Neolithic societies in the Anatolian region and contributes knowledge about the transition from foraging to sedentary life. Examining the material assemblage from different settlement areas and structures in a synchronic and diachronic way, studying the effects of fragmentation, variation in material and abrasion rate of multi-sized artifacts, archaeologists can understand reoccurring practices of activity and movement across the site. The potential of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to handle large complex spatial datasets can be of significant value in this regard, as it enables comparison of a multitude of different proxies based on material culture. Multi-proxy analysis is used to compare different kinds of proportional data over several of the site's occupational phases, to gain insight into practices and activities taking place at the household level. Using a bottom-up approach to study the site's material is one of the first interpretative processes to assess variations between different areas of the settlement, and in this way aids in the understanding of the site as a whole.