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Initial Upper Palaeolithic in south-central Turkey and its regional context: a preliminary report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Steven L. Kuhn ,
Mary C. Stiner  and
Erksin Güleç
Steven L. Kuhn
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721-0030, USA
Mary C. Stiner
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721-0030, USA
Erksin Güleç
Affiliation:
Department of Paleoanthropology, University of Ankara, Dil ve Tarih Coǧrafya Fakültesi, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

The earliest Upper Palaeolithic industries of the Levant, which figure prominently in discussions of the spread of anatomically modern humans and the origins of the Upper Palaeolithic, are known from a small number of localities. Two sites in the Hatay region of Turkey have yielded initial Upper Palaeolithic assemblages similar to those found in the Levant. One of the sites, Üçaǧizlı’ cave, has also provided radiometric dates and faunal remains, both relatively rare for sites of this period.

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AnatoliaUpper PalaeolithicÜçaǧizlıKanaltool assemblage
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 281 , September 1999 , pp. 505 - 517
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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