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Gani Dagi Yöresi |
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Type:
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Single Findspot |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Mediterranean |
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Province:
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Kahramanmaras |
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District:
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Pazarcik |
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Village:
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Ulubahçe |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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AP OP |
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| Location: This open-air site lies 35 km southeast of the city of Kahramanmaras and about 24 km east of the district of Pazarcik by the town of Ardil. It is spread over a wide area which includes Mount Gani Dag and the flat plains west and north of the mountain close to the towns of Asagi Bagdin (lower) and Ulubahçe [Yukari (upper) Bagdin]; as well as the 8 km region between the town of Ardil and the town of Saril southwest of it. The artifact scatters found in this region are collectively called the Mount Gani Dagi Sites. Because of the site's large extent; we have not been able to include the towns of Saril and Ardil in the map above. Please; instead; refer to the map of the Ikizin Cave in this volume. |
| Geography and Environment: There are many water sources in the mountainous region that this site is located in. Similar to the Döngel Region; caves are also abundant in this area. Further research needs to be conducted in this region because the geographical location and geological characteristics of the site suggests that future systematic surface surveys will yield more Palaeolithic finds and sites. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The site was discovered in 1959 by I.K. Kökten; who was surveying the Döngel caves in the Kahramanmaras region. Kökten researched the flat plains around Mount Gani Dag immediately off of the Maras-Malatya highway and the area between the towns of Ardil and Saril east of the mountain. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: When Kökten visited the region; he found some chipped stone tools in the western flanks of the mountain. One of these tools was made of white flint while all of the others were of dark reddish brown flint. Although the dorsal faces; edge retouchings and longitudinal crests of these tools had been abraded by natural processes; the forms were still recognizable. The tools can be sceptically assigned to the Late Lower Palaeolithic [Kökten 1960:48-49]. The following season Kökten researched the slopes between the towns of Saril and Ardil and found fragments he assigned to the Middle and Lower Palaeolithic [Kökten 1962a:40]. |
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