#sayburc — Public Fediverse posts

🤯 The more of these other #TasTepeler sites in SE #Türkiye is coming to light, the more fascinating the early #Neolithic of the region gets:

📰 https://arkeonews.net/a-stunning-tas-tepeler-discovery-12000-year-old-human-faces-emerge-from-sefertepe/

💀 Have a look at this just announced sculpture from #Sayburc - the emphasized ribs already seem to hinting at death, which would go well with what we've already been discussing in terms of the peculiar iconography of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Anatolia and beyond.

But there's more ...

🤯 The more of these other #TasTepeler sites in SE #Türkiye is coming to light, the more fascinating the early #Neolithic of the region gets:

📰 https://arkeonews.net/a-stunning-tas-tepeler-discovery-12000-year-old-human-faces-emerge-from-sefertepe/

💀 Have a look at this just announced sculpture from #Sayburc - the emphasized ribs already seem to hinting at death, which would go well with what we've already been discussing in terms of the peculiar iconography of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Anatolia and beyond.

But there's more ...

Of course, the phallus-flashing guy got all the headlines, but these early #Neolithic reliefs from #Sayburc, SE #Türkiye are much more fascinating, even beyond that.

From the blog: https://trowelandpen.com/2022/12/14/weapons-of-choice-a-pre-pottery-neolithic-hunting-scene-from-sayburc-se-turkey-and-some-thoughts-on-prehistoric-hunting-equipment

Of course, the phallus-flashing guy got all the headlines, but these early #Neolithic reliefs from #Sayburc, SE #Türkiye are much more fascinating, even beyond that.

From the blog: https://trowelandpen.com/2022/12/14/weapons-of-choice-a-pre-pottery-neolithic-hunting-scene-from-sayburc-se-turkey-and-some-thoughts-on-prehistoric-hunting-equipment

Of course, the phallus-flashing guy got all the headlines, but these early #Neolithic reliefs from #Sayburc, SE #Türkiye are much more fascinating, even beyond that. 🏺 From the blog: trowelandpen.com/2022/12/14/w...

Weapons of choice: A Pre-Potte...

Oh, while we're talking about early #Neolithic #archaeology - how about Eylem Özdoğan's latest paper (Documenta Praehistorica LI, 2024) on the ongoing #excavations at #Sayburc (yes, another of the #TasTepeler T-pillar sites) for some more weekend reading?

https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/18953/16237

Oh, while we're talking about early #Neolithic #archaeology - how about Eylem Özdoğan's latest paper (Documenta Praehistorica LI, 2024) on the ongoing #excavations at #Sayburc (yes, another of the #TasTepeler T-pillar sites) for some more weekend reading?

https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/18953/16237

This #Sayburc relief caused some headlines last week and that phallus-flashing guy got all the attention.

But there's more than a #Neolithic dick pic! The overlooked second scene offering a great starting point to think about Neolithic #hunting weapons:

https://jens2go.medium.com/weapons-of-choice-a-pe-pottery-neolithic-hunting-scene-814cd3c878ae

This #Sayburc relief caused some headlines last week and that phallus-flashing guy got all the attention.

But there's more than a #Neolithic dick pic! The overlooked second scene offering a great starting point to think about Neolithic #hunting weapons:

https://jens2go.medium.com/weapons-of-choice-a-pe-pottery-neolithic-hunting-scene-814cd3c878ae

Finally, and this convinces me that we might read at least the left part of this #Sayburc depiction as #hunting scene, there are these interesting things called #ThrowingSticks.

With quite similar depictions again coming from #Catalhöyük.

http://revedeboomerang.free.fr/Master%20thesis%20-%20Throwing%20sticks%20-Luc%20Bordes2014.pdf

Finally, and this convinces me that we might read at least the left part of this #Sayburc depiction as #hunting scene, there are these interesting things called #ThrowingSticks.

With quite similar depictions again coming from #Catalhöyük.

http://revedeboomerang.free.fr/Master%20thesis%20-%20Throwing%20sticks%20-Luc%20Bordes2014.pdf

Admittedly, it's a bit challenging to really recognise a bow here in this #Sayburc scene. So, could it be something else then?

This offers a great chance to think about other possible #hunting tools and weapons which have played a role in #Neoltihic hunting, #aurochs and beyond.

Admittedly, it's a bit challenging to really recognise a bow here in this #Sayburc scene. So, could it be something else then?

This offers a great chance to think about other possible #hunting tools and weapons which have played a role in #Neoltihic hunting, #aurochs and beyond.

But at #Sayburc we see a still living animal, a still dangerous #aurochs (just imagine such an 1,600 pound heavy beast accelerating towards you 😱).

At #Sayburc we see a confrontation.

But at #Sayburc we see a still living animal, a still dangerous #aurochs (just imagine such an 1,600 pound heavy beast accelerating towards you 😱).

At #Sayburc we see a confrontation.

Again, the #Sayburc #aurochs absolutely corresponds to what we'd expect considering the known #Neolithic iconographic programme:

The animal's depicted in sideview, but the head is turned, seen from the front, emphasising the horns as if attacking (again signalling danger).

Again, the #Sayburc #aurochs absolutely corresponds to what we'd expect considering the known #Neolithic iconographic programme:

The animal's depicted in sideview, but the head is turned, seen from the front, emphasising the horns as if attacking (again signalling danger).

Yet while Phallus-Guy™ gets all the press, that other scene also reported from #Sayburc is equally fascinating - offering additional insight into the world, and worldview, of those #Neolithic #hunters in SE #Anatolia.

Yet while Phallus-Guy™ gets all the press, that other scene also reported from #Sayburc is equally fascinating - offering additional insight into the world, and worldview, of those #Neolithic #hunters in SE #Anatolia.

Interesting sidenote: Of the #Sayburc #leopards one is also clearly denoted as male individual, the other (intentionally?) not.

The strong notion of danger and threat emanating from these feline predators - snarling, teeth bared, apparently leaping - however remains ...

Interesting sidenote: Of the #Sayburc #leopards one is also clearly denoted as male individual, the other (intentionally?) not.

The strong notion of danger and threat emanating from these feline predators - snarling, teeth bared, apparently leaping - however remains ...

By the way: For these #leopards themselves we do also find clear analogies within the region's and period's #iconography. Namely, again, at #GobekliTepe.

(And the wonderful fur pattern here at #Sayburc also convince me to maybe finally give up our earlier #lion interpretation.)

By the way: For these #leopards themselves we do also find clear analogies within the region's and period's #iconography. Namely, again, at #GobekliTepe.

(And the wonderful fur pattern here at #Sayburc also convince me to maybe finally give up our earlier #lion interpretation.)

Interesting's also the combination of #Sayburc man & those #leopards by his sides.

With bared teeth they seem to evoke danger. Such juxtaposition of virility & threat however finds parallels e.g. in the headless phallus-guy on #GobekliTepe's Pillar 43:

https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/10/14/of-animals-and-a-headless-man-gobekli-tepe-pillar-43

Interesting's also the combination of #Sayburc man & those #leopards by his sides.

With bared teeth they seem to evoke danger. Such juxtaposition of virility & threat however finds parallels e.g. in the headless phallus-guy on #GobekliTepe's Pillar 43:

https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/10/14/of-animals-and-a-headless-man-gobekli-tepe-pillar-43

The #Sayburc image finds further parallels in the region's archaeological record:

The Urfa-Yeni Mahalle sculpture (a.k.a. #UrfaMan) for instance seems to wear similar clothing or a "collar" of sorts. And the cavity in his crotch area could well have fitted a separate phallus.

The #Sayburc image finds further parallels in the region's archaeological record:

The Urfa-Yeni Mahalle sculpture (a.k.a. #UrfaMan) for instance seems to wear similar clothing or a "collar" of sorts. And the cavity in his crotch area could well have fitted a separate phallus.

Original report ("The #Sayburç reliefs: a narrative scene from the #Neolithic") by E. Özdoğan in @[email protected] 96(390), 2022:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/sayburc-reliefs-a-narrative-scene-from-the-neolithic/3A35B54B3265C7224CB225FE70EBDD02

Original report ("The #Sayburç reliefs: a narrative scene from the #Neolithic") by E. Özdoğan in @[email protected] 96(390), 2022:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/sayburc-reliefs-a-narrative-scene-from-the-neolithic/3A35B54B3265C7224CB225FE70EBDD02