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Gavurini Magarasi |
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Type:
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Cave |
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Altitude:
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1140 m |
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Region:
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Mediterranean |
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Province:
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Antalya |
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District:
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Alanya |
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Village:
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Obaköy |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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Period:
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ÜP |
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| Location: This cave-site is in Obaköy Village; which is 3.8 km from the town center of Alanya; southeast of the city of Antalya. The cave is located in a deep valley on the Gömerme Hill in Kadipinari Mevkii. This valley is to the northeast of Oba stream and Yayla-Degirmendere road. It is also known as Kadipinari/Kadiini cave due to its location but the local name is Gavurini. |
| Geography and Environment: The cave; which has a ceiling height of 10-20 m; is pretty large and deep. The big rocks in the entrance do not block the entry. It is 50 m high from the road. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: Kökten opened a test trench by the entrance of the cave in 1956-57. The top layers of the excavation yielded Hellenistic material which overlay Early Bronze Age deposits. Beneath this were Neolithic layers as well as some Upper Palaeolithic strata. Since virgin soil was never reached we are not certain whether the Upper Palaeolithic is the earliest cultural deposit at the site. The stratigraphy should not to be trusted because the size of the test trench was very small. Later in 1996 the cave was visited by E. Güleç; S.L. Kuhn; A.Sevim and C. Pehlevan during a survey in Antalya region. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: In the layer Kökten dates to the Upper Palaeolithic we are informed that he found Aurignacien tools; although specifics on these tools have not been published. Kökten also reports that the skeleton; he believes is Homo sapiens sapiens was very difficult to excavate because the surrounding sand had solidified. We are not informed which layer this skeleton is associated with. The survey conducted by E. Güleç; S.L. Kuhn; A. Sevim and C. Pehlevan yielded no finds related to the Palaeolithic culture in the cave but in the sloping area that lies about 4 meters from the entrance of the cave some Palaeolithic finds were encountered. |
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