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Cave |
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Black Sea |
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Samsun |
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Dursunbey |
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Delice |
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Survey |
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| It locates on the slope of Çataldikmen Hill, in the west of the Emet Creek, about 5.5 km east of Delice Village, in Dursunbey District of Samsun Province. It was discovered during the survey conducted by D. Yalçikli and his team in 2015. It is a horizontal cave with karstic features. It measures 19x9x4.5 m. There is a hunting scene, which contains anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, depicted on the east wall at the entrance. The scene begins from the outside of the cave and continues towards the inner sections. It measures about 7.60x4.50 m. The anthropomorphic figures were depicted in red and pale orange, and the deer figures were depicted in darker colors. The anthropomorphic figures are on both ends, while the deer figures are at the center. The deer figures face to the inner section of the cave. The fact that the distant figures are small and the close figures are large indicates the existence of perspective sense. The wall painting has been severely damaged due to surface currents and breakage. Potsherds dating to Middle Age were found in the cave [Yalçikli 2017:421-2]. |
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