A general view of the lower Palaeolithic of Turkey Vue générale du Paléolithique Inférieur de la Turquie

TAŞKIRAN H., ÖZÇELİK K.

Anthropologie (France), cilt.126, sa.3, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 126 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.anthro.2022.103031
  • Dergi Adı: Anthropologie (France)
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, FRANCIS, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Anthropological Literature, BIOSIS
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Turkey, Lower Palaeolithic, Homo erectus, Acheulean, Biface, Karain cave, ASSEMBLAGE, ANATOLIA
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022 Elsevier Masson SASTurkey is one of the rich countries in terms of the Lower Palaeolithic period. The favourable climatic and environmental conditions and quality stone raw material resources in the Pleistocene period caused the country to be heavily occupied by the people of the Lower Palaeolithic. Turkey has biface and flake industries of the Lower Palaeolithic period. Biface industries are more common in open-air sites and are often linked to the Acheulean. Biface tools are only found in the deposits of Karain Cave. The eastern and south-eastern parts of Turkey are the densest regions in terms of biface industries. This density decreases towards the west. However, this general appearance may have resulted from the insufficient level of excavations and surveys of Palaeolithic archaeology throughout the country. In this article, we try to draw a general framework of the Lower Palaeolithic period in Turkey, based on the important Lower Palaeolithic settlements in the country.