Project description
Understanding regional identity development in Neolithic Upper Mesopotamia
Neolithic Upper Mesopotamia can provide valuable insights into how the technical traditions and cultural affinities of Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) groups facilitated the transition to sedentism and the emergence of agriculture. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, the NEO-IDENTITY project investigates the social dynamics involved in developing regional identities in the Fertile Crescent during the Neolithic period. The project aims to understand subsistence practices, symbolic contexts, and regional connections by examining lithics and models of socio-cultural interactions. NEO-IDENTITY focuses on the evidence from archaeological sites in SE Turkey, which display unique settlement organisations characterised by communal spaces. The project aims to establish a research framework that recognises material expressions shaping cultural identities while challenging traditional conceptual views.
Objective
NEO-IDENTITY investigates the social dynamics behind the formation of regional identities in the Fertile Crescent, at one of the turning point of human history when the fundamental economic, social and ideological changes constituting the Neolithic occurred in the beginning of Holocene. The project is designed to examine ways of doing in the domain of subsistence (1), symbolic context (2), and regional connectivity (3), by studying lithics and models of socio-cultural interactions. This research will greatly enrich our understanding of the transition to sedentism and emergence of agriculture by exploring the technical traditions and cultural affinities of Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) groups in Upper Mesopotamia. NEO-IDENTITY studies the evidence from PPNA and PPNB (10.000-7500 BC) archaeological sites in SE Turkey, which exhibit distinct settlement organization, characterized by communal spaces that have been described as the earliest monumental architecture in Southwest Asia. The main aim of the project is to establish a research framework based on the recognition of material expressions forming cultural identities, while challenging traditional conceptual views. NEO-IDENTITY employs a novel integrated scientific outline resulting in merging method and theory. Project will use the methodological approach which combines advanced lithic technological, use-wear analyses and cutting-edge quantitative analyses through the study of micro-wear texture by Confocal Scanning Microscopy, with the analytical techniques and models for examining spatio-temporal distribution of technical traits, interaction and transmission of skills and innovations.
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- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryancient history
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopy
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinator
28006 Madrid
Spain