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Pendik - Hacet Deresi |
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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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Pendik |
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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 site is in the city of Istanbul; east of the suburb of Pendik; on an agricultural field by the sea; between the neighborhood of Bekleme; locally known as Madalli Bahçesi; and the Temenye Peninsula. The site; discovered by Atasayan; has since been destroyed by modern development. Kökten reports that he found another site he calls Hacet Deresi near the village of Aydinli; very close to that reported by Atasayan northeast of Pendik. |
| Geography and Environment: The Pendik Region east of the Marmara Sea today has forested mountains to the north; a temperate climate and abundant water sources. In the Palaeolithic as well as in later periods; it may well have been an attractive location for habitation. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: Muine Atasayan found a biface (handaxe) in the area described above in her 1940 surface survey of the Northern Marmara Region. Kansu's 1959 survey near Pendik yielded a scatter of chipped stone artifacts he assigns to the Palaeolithic. He does not report whether the finds were brought here by natural processes. During their research in the Pendik Region; Özdogan and his crew from the University of Istanbul; Faculty of Letters; Prehistory Section discovered some chipped stone artifacts near the Hacet Stream. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: The biface (handaxe) Atasayan found is limestone and 11.6x7.3x4.5 cm in size. She reports that this tool is roughly made and that it is characteristically Chelléen (Abbevillien) [Atasayan 1941:522-527]. Sevket Aziz Kansu; on the other hand; believes that the tool is Acheuléen in type and assigns it to the Lower Palaeolithic [Kansu 1974:220]. In another area that is not clearly defined; Kansu found some scraper type flaked tools. He further reports that while most of the blades and flakes are made of flint; a few are of obsidian [Kansu 1963:660; fig.17-23]. Esin; however; assigns these tools to the Epipalaeolithic and the Neolithic [Esin 1992:62]; while she categorizes the Hacet Deresi finds as Middle or Upper Palaeolithic [Esin 1994:453]. Özdogan places this site among the most important Palaeolithic sites in the Istanbul vicinity. |
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