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Palanli Pirun Siginagi |
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Rock Shelter | |||
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Region: |
Southeastern Anatolia | |||
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Province: |
Adiyaman | |||
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District: |
Merkez | |||
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Village: |
Palanli | |||
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| It has been suggested that this rock shelter is located in the Palanli valley where the Degirmendere creek flows between the Palanli Village; 8-9 km north-northeast of Adiyaman and the Pirun Village; to further south. Although it is stated that the rock shelter is on the Adiyaman-Malatya motorway; no information has been provided about its exact location in any publication. It is a very mountainous area. There are a lot of springs. As with its location; neither dimension and other specifications have been provided about the cave. It is stated that the shelter has three sections; and there are drawings made by scraping technique in two of these sections. |
| Location: This rock-shelter site is reported to be between the village of Pirun and the village of Palanli; which is approximately 8-9 km north-northeast of the city of Adiyaman; close to the Palanli Valley through which the Degirmentepe Stream flows. Although it is noted that the site is along the Adiyaman-Malatya highway; an exact location or landmark is not provided. We have included this site separately rather than together with the "Palanli Keçiler Cave" site; researched by Bostanci and Anati; because the descriptions indicate that this is a different cave/rock-shelter (see Keçiler Magarasi). It is a great loss to Turkish archaeology that this site cannot be located because it houses the earliest cave paintings found in Turkey. |
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