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

From shamans to prophets: birth of religions in the Near East

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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:
  1. Yatak (found by B. Dinçer in year 2000, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag)
  2. Balıtepe (found by B. Dinçer in year 2005, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag)
  3. Kuşçesme (found by B. Dinçer in year 2005, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag)
  4. Çakmaklı (found by B. Dinçer & O. Özbudak in year 2006, Lower-Middle Paleolithic, Istanbul)
  5. Omartepe Sırtı (found by B. Dinçer in year 2006, Middle Paleolithic, Kütahya)
  6. Akçeşme (found by B. Dinçer in year 2007, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag)
  7. Şahinkaya Cave (found by M. Şahin & B. Dinçer in year 2007, Middle Paleolithic, Bursa)
  8. Görükle  (found by B. Dinçer in year 2008, Middle Paleolithic, Bursa)
  9. Belen Tepe (found by M. Şahin & B. Dinçer in year 2009, Lower-Middle Paleolithic,Bursa)
  10. Gavurevleri (found by M. Şahin & B. Dinçer in year 2009, Middle Paleolithic, Bursa)
  11. 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)

23 January 2010

Bifacial hand-axe from Karain Cave

Bifacial hand-axe from Karain Cave (Antalya-Turkey).

Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk
İnsanları Sergisi).
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Homo erectus skull from Turkey

Homo erectus skull from Denizli-Turkey.

Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk
İnsanları Sergisi).
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Paleolithic of Euphrates River

Lower and Middle Paleolithic stone tools from Euphrates River.
Bifaces, levallois cores and flakes/blades.

Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk
İnsanları Sergisi).
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Denticulates and notched tools from Yarimburgaz Cave

Stone tools from Yarımburgaz Cave (Istanbul). Notches and denticulates.

Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk
İnsanları Sergisi).
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Yarimburgaz Caves

Yarımburgaz Caves (lower and upper cave) near Istanbul, Turkey.

©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Yarimburgaz Cave, Paleolithic excavations

Yarımburgaz Cave (Istanbul). Paleolithic excavations in the lower cave.

©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

21 January 2010

Photo: Kaletepe obsidian workshop


Kaletepe: An excavated obsidian workshop in Central Anatolia.
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Kayırlı obsidian source

Kayırlı: One of the most important obsidian sources in Central
Anatolia.
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Obsidian in rhyolithic rock

Obsidian in rhyolithic rock.
©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Archaeologist at an obsidian source

Archaeologist collecting obsidian artifacts near an obsidian source.
© Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Obsidian hand axe (Palaeolithic)

Obsidian hand-axe made. Lower Paleolithic.
© Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Brown obsidian

Brown obsidian.
© Photo: Berkay Dinçer

07 January 2010

Mousterian lithic industry



Mousterian stone tools from Musée prehistoire d'Orgnac, Ardeche, France.

©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Mousterian Culture

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