Ulucak Höyük

The Ulucak Höyük is an archaeological site (settlement hill) near Izmir on the highway to Ankara near Ulucak village, 7 km northwest of Kemalpaşa.

The settlement remains measure 140 to 120 m and have a thickness of 11 m, of which 5 m are today below the surface. The site was inhabited in a total of five settlement phases, which range from the Neolithic period to the Byzantine period. The settlement took place around 6,400 and was built around 5,600 BC, In their second phase, destroyed by a fire. From this phase several buildings were found, the inventory of which remained in situ due to the catastrophe. They are up to 6 m long and 3 to 6 m wide. They are differentiated into two rooms and could be extended by extensions. Most of these buildings were free; but they could also be built together. Stoves and fireplaces were installed inside and outside the buildings. The architecture was based on clay, moss, pisés and mud bricks. In particular, the mud bricks have the uniform size of 55 × 5 × 8 cm. The buildings had partly stone foundations, some were also built without foundation. The walls were plastered with clay and partly painted. The buildings that existed at the time of the fire disaster were all built of clay and without foundations. Otherwise this phase is similar to the previous one, but another ceramic was used. Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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