@article{8dd408b02fb74994a19aee13d407471e,
title = "A{\c s}ıklı H{\"o}y{\"u}k: The Generative Evolution of a Central Anatolian PPN Settlement in Regional Context",
abstract = "The first Neolithic settlements in Southwest Asia began with a dual commitment to plant cultivation and a sedentary lifestyle. The benefits that foragers-turned-farmers gained from this commitment came with some inescapable constraints, setting new evolutionary pathways for human social and economic activities. We explore the developmental process at the early Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of A{\c s}ıklı H{\"o}y{\"u}k in central Anatolia (Turkey), specifically the relationship between internal dynamics and external influences in early village formation. Feedback mechanisms inherent to the community were responsible for many of the unique developments there, including domestication of a variant of free-threshing wheat and the early evolution of caprine management, which gave rise to domesticated stock. Gradual change was the rule at A{\c s}ıklı, yet the cumulative transformations in architecture, settlement layout, and caprine management were great. The many strands of evidence reveal a largely local (endemic) evolution of an early Pre-Pottery Neolithic community. However, burgeoning inequalities stemming from production surplus such as livestock likely stimulated greater regional interaction toward the end of the sequence.",
keywords = "Caprine management, Domestication, Niche construction, Site formation processes, Social networks",
author = "Stiner, {Mary C.} and Mihriban {\"O}zba{\c s}aran and G{\"u}ne{\c s} Duru",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to express our profound thanks to all the scholars, friends, students, institutions, and foundations that directly or indirectly contributed to this collective work. Special thanks also go to Max Price, Steve Kuhn, and four anonymous JARE reviewers for their many insightful comments and corrections to an earlier version of this manuscript. The first author is also grateful to John Odling-Smee, Claes Andersson, and Kevin Laland for enlightening conversations on NCT over the years, which have contributed greatly to the conceptual background of this paper. In addition to the community of Kızılkaya Village, the following institutions deserve special mention for their support: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cultural Assets and Museums; Istanbul University Research Fund (Project ID 25754); Istanbul University Faculty of Letters; Governorship of Aksaray; Governorship of G{\"u}lağa{\c c} District; Public Education Center of G{\"u}lağa{\c c} Governorship; American Embassy in Turkey/Ankara. Additional funds for the project were provided to the first author by two consecutive Archaeology Program grants from the National Science Foundation (BCS-0912148 and BCS-1354138). Funding Information: We would like to express our profound thanks to all the scholars, friends, students, institutions, and foundations that directly or indirectly contributed to this collective work. Special thanks also go to Max Price, Steve Kuhn, and four anonymous JARE reviewers for their many insightful comments and corrections to an earlier version of this manuscript. The first author is also grateful to John Odling-Smee, Claes Andersson, and Kevin Laland for enlightening conversations on NCT over the years, which have contributed greatly to the conceptual background of this paper. In addition to the community of Kızılkaya Village, the following institutions deserve special mention for their support: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cultural Assets and Museums; Istanbul University Research Fund (Project ID 25754); Istanbul University Faculty of Letters; Governorship of Aksaray; Governorship of G{\"u}lağa{\c c} District; Public Education Center of G{\"u}lağa{\c c} Governorship; American Embassy in Turkey/Ankara. Additional funds for the project were provided to the first author by two consecutive Archaeology Program grants from the National Science Foundation (BCS-0912148 and BCS-1354138). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1007/s10814-021-09167-z",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "30",
pages = "497--543",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Research",
issn = "1059-0161",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "4",
}