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Sarkli Magara |
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| Palaeolithic/Epipalaeolithic |
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890 m | |||||
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Southeastern Anatolia | |||||
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Gaziantep | |||||
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Merkez | |||||
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Village:
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Dülük | |||||
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| Location: This cave site lies 10 km north of the city of Gaziantep; in the valley at the foot of Keber Tepe; near the Dülük train station (See the site of Dülük for more information on open air sites in the area). |
| Geography and Environment: The cave; which is locally referred to as the Keber Cave; is carved out in Helvetian limestone. Because the researcher who discovered this cave called the cave Sarkli Magara; this name has remained in archaeological literature. It has a spacious interior; 17 m deep; 13 m high and 84 m wide. The mussel shells found during the excavations indicate that there must have been a nearby lake in the Epipalaeolithic. |
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