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Kemerburgaz 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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Marmara |
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Province:
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Istanbul |
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District:
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Eyüp |
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Village:
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Kemerburgaz |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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AP |
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| Location: This site is composed of several artifact scatters: The DAVUTPASA artifact scatter northwest of Istanbul; east-northeast of Kemerburgaz; on the Davutpasa Stream terraces; the PASAALANI artifact scatter; northwest of Kemerburgaz; and the KOTAMENÇE SIRTI artifact scatter on the plain east of the stream and on the northern extensions of the Alibeyköy Dam. Because we lack detailed reports on each artifact scatter; we have collectively referred to them as the Kemerburgaz Yöresi regional sites. |
| Geography and Environment: The Davutpasa Stream; which springs from the Belgrade Forest west of the city of Istanbul; seasonally flows by the town of Kemerburgaz before it empties into the Golden Horn. Surface surveys have been conducted in the upper portions of this stream. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The artifact scatters comprising this site were discovered by Sevket Aziz Kansu when he surveyed the area in and around Istanbul in 1959 and by Mehmet Özdogan during his 1980 surface survey of the Davutpasa Terraces and the Kemerburgaz Region. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: In the upper terraces of the Davutpasa Stream; Kansu discovered a roughly worn flintstone tool (?) resembling a biface handaxe [Kansu 1963:660; fig.10]. The tool's severe abrasion makes it questionable whether it actually is a handaxe and further complicates its dating. It has been roughly assigned to the Lower Palaeolithic Period. The area yielded several other chipped stone tools which could not be dated. Özdogan suggests that surface surveys need to be conducted with special care because of the thick coat of vegetation [Özdogan 1983b:32]. The Pasaalani and Kotamençe Ridge artifact scatters are among the many Palaeolithic sites in the area [Özdogan 1985:map on fig.1]. |
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