Kaletepe Deresi 3 (Turkey): Archaeological evidence for early human settlement in Central Anatolia

Located in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province, Kaletepe Deresi 3 was discovered in the summer of 2000 and has been under investigation since that time. Volcanic activity in the region generated a number of obsidian intrusions that have attracted humans to the area throughout prehistory. The str...

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Published in:Journal of human evolution 2008, Vol.54 (1), p.99-111
Main Authors: Slimak, Ludovic, Kuhn, Steven L., Roche, Hélène, Mouralis, Damase, Buitenhuis, Hijlke, Balkan-Atlı, Nur, Binder, Didier, Kuzucuoğlu, Catherine, Guillou, Hervé
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Archaeology
Biological Evolution
Forensic anthropology
Fossils
Geological Phenomena
Geology
Glass
Hominidae
Human settlements
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Lithic technology
Lower Paleolithic
Metal industry
Methodology and general studies
Middle Paleolithic
Migration
Obsidian
Paleoanthropology
Paleolithic Age
Paleontology
Prehistory
Prehistory and protohistory
Raw material exploitation
Technological evolution
Technology
Tephrochronology
Turkey
Typology, technology and attribute analysis
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Summary:Located in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province, Kaletepe Deresi 3 was discovered in the summer of 2000 and has been under investigation since that time. Volcanic activity in the region generated a number of obsidian intrusions that have attracted humans to the area throughout prehistory. The stratigraphic sequence at Kaletepe Deresi 3, more than 7 m in depth, presents a series of archaeological horizons representing the Lower and Middle Paleolithic. The site contains the longest open-air Paleolithic sequence excavated in Turkey, as well as the first in situ Acheulean industry documented in Anatolia. Tephras in the upper Middle Paleolithic horizons and the rhyolithic bedrock bracket the timespan represented at Kaletepe Deresi 3. The lithic industry at the site illustrates a wide range of technological behaviors and documents changes in raw-material exploitation and artifact manufacture through the Lower and Middle Paleolithic.
ISSN:0047-2484
1095-8606
DOI:10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.07.004