PaleoBerkay Archaeology: January 2010

31 January 2010

Photos: Gobekli Tepe archaeological excavations

A model of excavations conducted at Göbekli Tepe. Photo taken at "12.000 Yıl Önce Uygarlığın Anadolu’dan Avrupa’ya Yolculuğunun Başlangıcı: Neolitik Dönem" Exhibit
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Neolithic female figurine

A Neolithic female figurine from Catalhoyuk. Photo taken in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara).

©Photo: Berkay Dincer

Photo: A Neolithic house from Catal Hoyuk

A house with plastered bull skulls from Catal hoyuk. Photo taken in
Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara).

©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Catal hoyuk mother goddess

A Neolithic female figurine from Catalhoyuk. Also known as mothergoddess. Photo taken in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara).
©Photo: Berkay Dincer

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24 January 2010

Map: Lower Paleolithic sites in Turkey

Map of known Lower Paleolithic sites in Turkey.

©Map: Berkay Dinçer

Map: Paleolithic sites in northwestern Turkey

Map of Paleolithic sites in northwestern Turkey discovered by Berkay
Dincer or research teams included him, from 2000 to 2009.
(not including other Paleolithic sites in the region)

©Map: Berkay Dinçer

Map showing:

Yatak (found by B. Dinçer in year 2000, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag)
Balıtepe (found by B. Dinçer in year 2005, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag)
Kuşçesme (found by B. Dinçer in year 2005, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag)
Çakmaklı (found by B. Dinçer & O. Özbudak in year 2006, Lower-Middle Paleolithic, Istanbul)
Omartepe Sırtı (found by B. Dinçer in year 2006, Middle Paleolithic, Kütahya)
Akçeşme (found by B. Dinçer in year 2007, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag)
Şahinkaya Cave (found by M. Şahin & B. Dinçer in year 2007, Middle Paleolithic, Bursa)
Görükle (found by B. Dinçer in year 2008, Middle Paleolithic, Bursa)
Belen Tepe (found by M. Şahin & B. Dinçer in year 2009, Lower-Middle Paleolithic,Bursa)
Gavurevleri (found by M. Şahin & B. Dinçer in year 2009, Middle Paleolithic, Bursa)
Manyas (found by S. Çağlar & B. Dinçer in year 2007, Middle Paleolithic, Balıkesir)

Publications about those sites:

Dinçer, B., L. Slimak,
2007, "The Paleolithic of Turkish Thrace: Synthesis and Recent Results", Turkish Academy of Sciences Archaeology Journal (TÜBA-Ar) X: 49-61. (YATAK-KUSTEPE-BALITEPE) (more publications in Turkish can be reached on this link: http://paleoberkay.atspace.com/berkaydincer.html)

Dinçer, B., 2008
"Kuzeybatı Türkiye'de Orta Paleolitik Çağ'la İlgili Yeni Keşifler", III. Ulusal Biyolojik Antropoloji Sempozyumu, Ankara (27-29 Ekim 2008). (AKCESME-CAKMAKLI-OMARTEPE SIRTI-GORUKLE-SAHİNKAYA CAVE)

Şahin, M., B. Dinçer, T. Zimmermann, 2009
"Neue Fundplätze des Älteren Paläolithikums bei Bursa in nordwestenanatolien (Türkei)", Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 39/2: 153-162. (SAHİNKAYA CAVE-GORUKLE)