Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
MORS IMMATURA Amanosların Gölgesinde, Serdar Girginer,Gonca Dardeniz,Ayça Gerçek,Fatih Erhan,Elif Genç,İrfan Tuğcu,Özlem Oyman Girginer,M. Cem Fırat,Hakan Gerçek,Furkan Tufan, Editör, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul, ss.9-18, 2020
Tatarlı Höyük, which is one of the largest settlements in Ovalık Cilicia, is located 24 km east of Ceyhan
district of Adana province and 5 km north of Mustafabeyli town of the district. Especially, the settlement,
which reflects the rich culture of the 2nd millennium BC and with its monumental architectural elements,
lost its wealth during the Hellenistic Period and became a provincial settlement. The finds uncovered in
the Hellenistic Period layer with two architectural phases (TH. IIa-IIb) in the mound, together with the
hearths and platforms found on the edges of the quarries and the walls, indicate the workshop function of
these structures. While the pyramidal, conical and discoid shaped weights and spindle whorls, as well as
bone tools, obtained from these spaces, proves the textile production in Tatarlı Höyük; production-oriented
function. The millstones, which are the subject of this article and which are associated with cereal activities,
were also found in different areas of the settlement. layer (TH. II a-b). The 7 Olynthus mills, 3 of which were
uncovered in Tatarli during the years 2011-2018, belong to the I₁ group according to R. Frankel’s classification,
Phase II (TH. IIa). According to the data obtained from the excavations in 2007, the Hellenistic Period was
dated between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC; ceramics constitute the Hellenistic ceramic repertoire of the
settlement. Based on these data, it is assumed that the early phase of the Hellenistic Period (TH. IIb) started
in the 3rd century BC. At the end of the 2nd century BC, which was the end of the IIb phase, the settlement
began to shrink and the architectural orientation changed during the IIa phase, resulting in simpler and
sloppy structures. With this period, a large number of loom weights and spindle whorls recovered in phase
IIa structures and workshops led to the assumption that towards the end of the period, Tatarlı Höyük turned
to an economy based entirely on textile production. In parallel with this idea, the transformation of the
settlement to a textile-based subsistence economy, which has diminished the grain-producing character,
should have rendered the Olynthus mills which have standardized the grain production jobs dysfunctional.