Between Anatolia and the Aegean: Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic Foragers of the Karaburun Peninsula

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ÇİLİNGİROĞLU Ç., Kaczanowska M., Kozlowski J. K., DİNÇER B., Cakirlar C., Turan D.

JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY, cilt.45, sa.7, ss.479-497, 2020 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00934690.2020.1786929
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, FRANCIS, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, L'Année philologique, Anthropological Literature, Art Abstracts, Art Index, Art Source, Humanities Abstracts, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Old Testament Abstracts Online, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.479-497
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Neolithization, prehistoric Anatolia, lithics, Izmir, Turkey, GREECE, PLEISTOCENE, INSIGHTS, ISLAND
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic periods of Turkey are poorly understood. The discovery of two sites (Kocaman and Kayadibi) in the Karaburun Peninsula in coastal western Turkey opens a whole new window into our understanding of these periods in Turkey and beyond by providing the first solid evidence for pre-Neolithic foragers. This article presents typological and technological properties of the lithics from these two open-air sites in terms of raw material selection, tool types, and technological preferences and discusses the results in relation to contemporary Anatolian, Aegean, southwest Asian, and southeast European industries. Typological and technological analyses suggest that Kocaman lithics were part of the eastern Mediterranean and northern Aegean Epipalaeolithic traditions; the Kayadibi lithics, on the other hand, correspond well with the Aegean Mesolithic assemblages. The lack of any affinity between the Kayadibi and Initial Neolithic lithic assemblages from western Turkey has important implications about the Neolithization process of western Turkey and the Aegean.