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Palanli Pirun Siginagi |
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Rock Shelter | |||||
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Adiyaman | |||||
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Merkez | |||||
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Palanli | |||||
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Visited - 26/9/2001 | |||||
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| Location: This rock-shelter site is reported to be between the village of Pirun and the village of Palanli; which is approximately 8-9 km north-northeast of the city of Adiyaman; close to the Palanli Valley through which the Degirmentepe Stream flows. Although it is noted that the site is along the Adiyaman-Malatya highway; an exact location or landmark is not provided. We have included this site separately rather than together with the "Palanli Keçiler Cave" site; researched by Bostanci and Anati; because the descriptions indicate that this is a different cave/rock-shelter (see Keçiler Magarasi). It is a great loss to Turkish archaeology that this site cannot be located because it houses the earliest cave paintings found in Turkey. |
| Geography and Environment: The area is mountainous and rich in water sources. Although it has been reported that the cave/rock-shelter has three chambers; two with engravings; the publications do not provide exact dimensions or other characteristics. |
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