A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Cave
Üçağızlı II Cave, a Middle Paleolithic site on the Mediterranean coast of Hatay Province, Turkey, is partly collapsed and, based on uranium series dates, is dated between 75,000 and 42,000 BP. This paper examined faunal remains and lithic assemblages from layer Bu (B-upper), obtained during the 2020...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
| Published: |
Istanbul University Press
2021-09-01
|
| Series: | Anadolu Araştırmaları |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/36E7A985FCF24C23B9EE76392DB7E78B |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849724293922947072 |
|---|---|
| author | İsmail Baykara Ece Eren Kural Ayşen Açıkkol Mustafa Kenan Agras |
| author_facet | İsmail Baykara Ece Eren Kural Ayşen Açıkkol Mustafa Kenan Agras |
| author_sort | İsmail Baykara |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Üçağızlı II Cave, a Middle Paleolithic site on the Mediterranean coast of Hatay Province, Turkey, is partly collapsed and, based on uranium series dates, is dated between 75,000 and 42,000 BP. This paper examined faunal remains and lithic assemblages from layer Bu (B-upper), obtained during the 2020 excavation season. In layer Bu, typical faunal remains of the Mediterranean have been identified, and for the first time, ornamentation samples have been found in mollusk remains. Lithic assemblages are characterized by Levallois industry, and flake-based production has been determined. Additionally, unipolar Levallois core, Mousterian, and Levallois points and sidescrapers dominate the lithic assemblages. These features indicate that stone tools from layer Bu belong to the Levantine Middle Paleolithic culture and resemble “Tabun C type” industry. This situation shows human dispersal to the northern Levant during the Upper Pleistocene. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-4a0bb4df48a242708ce06131baa5a6f1 |
| institution | DOAJ |
| issn | 2667-629X |
| language | deu |
| publishDate | 2021-09-01 |
| publisher | Istanbul University Press |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Anadolu Araştırmaları |
| spelling | doaj-art-4a0bb4df48a242708ce06131baa5a6f12025-08-20T03:10:47ZdeuIstanbul University PressAnadolu Araştırmaları2667-629X2021-09-012413110.26650/anar.2021.24.972358123456A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Caveİsmail Baykara0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3778-0261Ece Eren Kural1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2811-2189Ayşen Açıkkol2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-9749Mustafa Kenan Agras3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6967-0876Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Gaziantep, TurkiyeAnkara Üniversitesi, Ankara, TürkiyeSivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Sivas, TurkiyeVan Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Van, TurkiyeÜçağızlı II Cave, a Middle Paleolithic site on the Mediterranean coast of Hatay Province, Turkey, is partly collapsed and, based on uranium series dates, is dated between 75,000 and 42,000 BP. This paper examined faunal remains and lithic assemblages from layer Bu (B-upper), obtained during the 2020 excavation season. In layer Bu, typical faunal remains of the Mediterranean have been identified, and for the first time, ornamentation samples have been found in mollusk remains. Lithic assemblages are characterized by Levallois industry, and flake-based production has been determined. Additionally, unipolar Levallois core, Mousterian, and Levallois points and sidescrapers dominate the lithic assemblages. These features indicate that stone tools from layer Bu belong to the Levantine Middle Paleolithic culture and resemble “Tabun C type” industry. This situation shows human dispersal to the northern Levant during the Upper Pleistocene.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/36E7A985FCF24C23B9EE76392DB7E78Bmiddle paleolithichataylevantlevalloisfaunal remains |
| spellingShingle | İsmail Baykara Ece Eren Kural Ayşen Açıkkol Mustafa Kenan Agras A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Cave Anadolu Araştırmaları middle paleolithic hatay levant levallois faunal remains |
| title | A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Cave |
| title_full | A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Cave |
| title_fullStr | A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Cave |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Cave |
| title_short | A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Cave |
| title_sort | middle paleolithic settlement from the northern levant the finds of ucagizli ii cave |
| topic | middle paleolithic hatay levant levallois faunal remains |
| url | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/36E7A985FCF24C23B9EE76392DB7E78B |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT ismailbaykara amiddlepaleolithicsettlementfromthenorthernlevantthefindsofucagızlıiicave AT eceerenkural amiddlepaleolithicsettlementfromthenorthernlevantthefindsofucagızlıiicave AT aysenacıkkol amiddlepaleolithicsettlementfromthenorthernlevantthefindsofucagızlıiicave AT mustafakenanagras amiddlepaleolithicsettlementfromthenorthernlevantthefindsofucagızlıiicave AT ismailbaykara middlepaleolithicsettlementfromthenorthernlevantthefindsofucagızlıiicave AT eceerenkural middlepaleolithicsettlementfromthenorthernlevantthefindsofucagızlıiicave AT aysenacıkkol middlepaleolithicsettlementfromthenorthernlevantthefindsofucagızlıiicave AT mustafakenanagras middlepaleolithicsettlementfromthenorthernlevantthefindsofucagızlıiicave |