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Akarca Sekileri |
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Single Findspot |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Black Sea |
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Province:
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Kastamonu |
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District:
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Tasköprü |
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Village:
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Kizilcaörhen |
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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 located west of the town of Tasköprü; northeast of the city of Kastamonu. It lies on the flanks of the Devrekani Mountains facing the Gökirmak River. These terraces lie south of the village of Kizilöhren; which includes the neighborhoods of Taktak/Tahtak and Malak. |
| Geography and Environment: Streams flowing from the mountains of northwestern Anatolia such as Ilgaz; Devrekani; Elek; Çangal all empty into the Gökirmak River which in turn joins the Kizilirmak River to the east. The gravely terraces where the artifacts were found can be seen from the wide Gökirmak River Valley. Bostanci does not provide further information on the site's location. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The site was first discovered in Bostanci's 1951 survey in the Gökirmak valley. He found Palaeolithic pebble tools on the terraces he called Akarca Sekileri. In some publications this site is referred to as KIZILÖREN [Tomsky 1982:342]. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: One of the artifacts found on the Akarca Terraces is classified as a Cheléen (or Abbevillien) type biface handaxe. Its point has been slightly fractured. The wear on the edges of the flaked surfaces indicates that the handaxe was transported to its provenience by natural processes [Bostanci 1952: fig II]. Similarly; the reddish tint of the tool found especially in the negative bulbs of percussion on its dorsal face show that the axe lay in soil with high concentrations of iron-oxide for a very long time. The dimensions of this bifaced tool are 11x6.7x3.6 cm. Bostanci found another bifaced handaxe in a lower part of the terraces. This tool is made of yellowish flint and has a patina on one side. This 8.6x6.7x4.3 cm handaxe is a little smaller than the former. Bostanci classifies both artifacts are Micoquien [Bostanci 1952: fig. III/2] while Yalçinkaya disagrees and argues that they hardly resemble Micoquien types [Yalçinkaya 1985:430]. Taskiran holds the opinion that the tools are Acheuléen [Taskiran 1990:41]. Another tool; a 6.7x5.4x1.4 cm bifaced triangular axe Bostanci believes is Moustérien; was found north of Germeçpazari in the terraces close to Akarca. |
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