Neolithic settlements have been exposed in three mounds to be affected by the dam built on the Ambar Stream, one of the northern branches of the Upper Tigris Valley. In Kendale Hecala, one of these mounds, two vessels with stylized human figures in relief with their hands raised have been recovered. Although vessels decorated with figurative reliefs have been found in various excavations in Anatolia dating to the Neolithic, vessels with human relief decoration have so far not been found in Mesopotamia. The Kendale Hecala finds constitute the first examples of vessels adorned with human and animal figures from the Neolithic settlements to the south of the Taurus Mountains. These schematic human and animal figures preserved on vessel fragments may be related to hunting rituals associated with dances, thought to have been performed before or after hunting.

Author Name: A. Tuba ÖKSE

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Keywords: Upper Tigris, Ambar Çay, Neolithic, Relief Vessels

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