Chalcolithic urn burials at pirot höyük, eastern Turkey : An assessment

Pirot Hoyuk is located north-east ofMalatya, on the right bank of the Euphrates. It was excavated over seven campaigns (I978-I985) as a part of the Keban and Lower Euphrates (Karakaya Dam) salvage excavation project, conducted by a team directed by Ozgen Karaca. In this paper, its Chalcolithic urn burials will be studied. Layers XIII and XIV at Pirot Hoyuk provide us with information about intra-mural burials that shed light on the burial customs of the Chalcolithic Age in Eastern Anatolia. The urns in which these burials were placed are handmade, large containers with or without handles that are similar to other domestic urns uncovered in the same layer.