Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One The Land of Asia Minor
- Chapter Two Archaeology in Asia Minor
- Chapter Three Hunter-Gatherers of the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic (20,000–6000 BC)
- Chapter Four Early Farmers of the Southern Plateau (8500–6500 BC)
- Chapter Five Neolithic Dispersals (6500–5500 BC)
- Chapter Six Millennia in the Middle (5500–3000 BC)
- Chapter Seven Elites and Commoners (3000–2000 BC)
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter Three - Hunter-Gatherers of the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic (20,000–6000 BC)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One The Land of Asia Minor
- Chapter Two Archaeology in Asia Minor
- Chapter Three Hunter-Gatherers of the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic (20,000–6000 BC)
- Chapter Four Early Farmers of the Southern Plateau (8500–6500 BC)
- Chapter Five Neolithic Dispersals (6500–5500 BC)
- Chapter Six Millennia in the Middle (5500–3000 BC)
- Chapter Seven Elites and Commoners (3000–2000 BC)
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This synthesis of the Prehistory of Asia Minor starts at about 20,000 BC, which equates roughly with the end of the Late Glacial Maximum. This starting point is less arbitrary than it may appear at first sight.
First, relatively little is known about the Palaeolithic of Turkey prior to the Late Glacial Maximum, and the data that we do have are best understood in the much larger context of contemporary sites in Europe and Asia, rather than by focussing on Asia Minor. The main sequences have been excavated in a number of cave sites located among the Mediterranean littoral in the Antalya and Hatay regions.
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- The Prehistory of Asia MinorFrom Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies, pp. 31 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010