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Bozdere / Bostandere |
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Artifact Scatter |
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Altitude:
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30 m |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Edirne |
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Meriç |
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Village:
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Büyük Altiagaç |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Ceramic |
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| The site is located 1 km west of Büyük Altiagaç village; about 8 km south of Meriç district; north of the city center of Edirne. Bozdere/Bostandere stream; which is a branch of the Disbudak stream; flows in the northeast direction. On the banks of the stream; a few chipped stone tools were found scattered over an area measuring 1-2 km in length and 100 km in width. The tools sometimes become more abundant in areas measuring 10x10 or 20x20 meters. Immediately north of the Büyük Altiagaç-Küçük Altiagaç Road; in an area of 20x20 meters; a few primitive ceramics and two broken polished hand axes were found together with the chipped stone tools. Ceramics are very small in number and they are buff colored; coarse pasted; very sandy and large grit tempered. The chipped stone industry is an Epi-palaeolithic tradition industry similar to the habitation sites like Agaçli and Gümüsdere in Istanbul region. Two small; broken; green colored and polished hand axes were found. The significant Chalcolithic-Neolithic settlement of the region; Altiagaç; is also on the bank of Bozdere stream. The area where the primitive ceramics were found is about 200 m far from Altiagaç. There is also a fresh water spring on the Bozdere stream. The section where the Ergene and Meriç streams join is a flat area covered with swamps in some places. It can be suggested that; in prehistoric ages; the Aegean Sea extended as far as this area as a gulf and Bozdere stream was in a very close location to this gulf in the Neolithic Period. The site was discovered in 1997 during the survey conducted by B. Erdogu. The coarse ware sherds collected from Bozdere/Bostandere were encountered in Agaçli; Istanbul. The chipped stone industry also has similarities. These two settlements give the impression that a traditional Epi-Palaeolithic industry has continued during the Neolithic Period. M. Özdogan thinks that the Agaçli materials must be belonging to the earliest Neolithic phase of the region (Özdogan 1992). He also suggests that there are some similarities between this ceramic group and the Fikirtepe culture. This ceramic group; which is also known from the Yalova region; can be studied more comprehensively after the further detailed excavations. |
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