Scholars have recently investigated the efficacy of applying globalisation models to ancient cultures such as the fourth-millennium BC Mesopotamian Uruk system. Embedded within globalisation models is the ‘complex connectivity‘ that brings disparate regions together into a singular world. In the fourth millennium BC, the site of Çadır Höyük on the north-central Anatolian plateau experienced dramatic changes in its material culture and architectural assemblages, which in turn reflect new socio-economic, sociopolitical and ritual patterns at this rural agro-pastoral settlement. This study examines the complex connectivities of the ancient Uruk system, encompassing settlements in more consistent contact with the Uruk system such as Arslantepe in southeastern Anatolia, and how these may have fostered exchange networks that reached far beyond the Uruk ‘global world‘ and onto the Anatolian plateau.

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The last decade of excavations at C. adir Hoyttk, in the north-central region of the Anatolian plateau, has revealed a well-established Late Chalcolithic community with continuous occupation into the Early Bronze I period (mid fourth to early third millennium BC). While the Late Chalcolithic town was prosperous, with well-made houses and objects, and even monumental construction, the stability of the settlement had slipped by the Early Bronze I phase. We summarise here the results from ten seasons of work at the site and profile how the findings contribute to our understanding of C, adir's role in a larger regional context. We also offer possible explanations for the changing nature of the C,adir occupation during the periods detailed here. OzetOrta Anadolu platosunun kuzeyinde yer alan C, adir Hoyuk'te son on yildir yuriitiilen kazilar, Erken Bronz I evresine (4. bin ortalan -3. bin ba §i) kadar kesintisiz olarak devam eden iyi yapilanmig bir Gee, Kalkolitik yerlegimi ortaya cikarmi §tir. Gee, Kalkolitik yerle §im ozenle yapilmis, evleri ve egyalan, hatta anitsal yapilari ile varsil bir yerlegimken, bunu izleyen Erken Bronz I evresinde bu ozellikler kaybolmugtur. Bu makalede C, adir Hoyuk'te yapilan 10 sezonluk cah §manin sonuglan ozetlenmekte ve ele gegen buluntulann yerlegimin geni § cografya biitiinu igindeki roluniin anla §ilmasi konusunda nasil yardimci oldugu aktanlmaktadir. Ayrica Qadir'da sozii edilen donemlerde gozlenen yerle §im farkliliklan icin olasi agiklamalar da konu edilmektedir. The survey and excavations at Qadir could not have been accomplished without the exceptional people who make up the ARP/gadir excavation team. The authors of this article are members of the senior staff: Ronald Gorny, who directs the entire project; and core personnel including