PaleoBerkay Archaeology

Cave of Seven Sleepers in Ephessos

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Cave of the Seven Sleepers. Image taken from Wikipedia, licensed under GNU.

Ashab-i Kehf drawing

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Drawing of Ashab-ı Kehf Cave in ancient Ephessus, Turkey.

Bibliography for Ashab-ı Kehf Cave Cult

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AND, M., 2008Minyatürlerle Osmanlı-İslâm Mitologyası, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul. BOWKER, J. (ed.), 2000,"Seven Sleepers of Ephesus" , The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Oxford University Press; Oxford Reference Online: http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t101.e657, Erişim tarihi: 04.05.2008. DRABBLE, M. (ed.), 2000,"

Neanderthals setting fire

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Neanderthals sitting around a fireplace making stone tools. Artist's view of life 60000 years ago.Image taken from NASA website, it has no copyright.See this page: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/imagepolicy/

What was our relationship with the neanderthals?

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Photo: Paleolithic Sahinkaya Cave

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Sahinkaya Cave (in the rocky hill). ©Photo: Berkay Dincer

Photo: Destruction of treasure hunters in Sahinkaya Cave

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Destruction of treasure hunters in Sahinkaya Cave (Bursa). ©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Paleolithic stone tools from Gorukle

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Paleolithic stone tools from Gorukle. ©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Middle Paleolithic find spot of Gorukle-Bursa

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Middle Paleolithic find spot of Gorukle (Bursa). ©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Levallois core from Gorukle (NW Turkey)

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Levallois core from Gorukle (NW Turkey). ©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Paleolithic Cultures in Bursa (NW Turkey)

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Two new Paleolithic sites located in the southern Marmara region of Northwest Anatolia – the Şahinkaya cave and an open air site at the Uludağ University campus, Bursa – are discussed, contributing substantially to the as yet meagre number of archaeologically attested Pleistocene activities in Turkey. The lithic assemblages from the Şahinkaya cave as well as from the Uludağ University campus (

Bibliography: Paleolithic Cultures in Bursa (NW Turkey)

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This is bibliography of cited references for, Paleolithic Cultures in Bursa (NW Turkey).Arsebük, G., 1993"Yarımburgaz, A Lower Paleolithic Cave Site Near Istanbul", Between the Rivers and Over The Mountains, M. Frangipiane, H. Hauptman, M. Liverani, D. Matthiac, M. Mellink (eds.), Roma, Gruppo Editoriale Internazionale: 23-36. Arsebük, G., 1998a"A Review of the Current Status of Pleistocene

Photos: Gobekli Tepe archaeological excavations

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A model of excavations conducted at Göbekli Tepe. Photo taken at "12.000 Yıl Önce Uygarlığın Anadolu’dan Avrupa’ya Yolculuğunun Başlangıcı: Neolitik Dönem" Exhibit ©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Neolithic female figurine

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A Neolithic female figurine from Catalhoyuk. Photo taken in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara).©Photo: Berkay Dincer

Photo: A Neolithic house from Catal Hoyuk

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A house with plastered bull skulls from Catal hoyuk. Photo taken in Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara).©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Photo: Catal hoyuk mother goddess

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A Neolithic female figurine from Catalhoyuk. Also known as mothergoddess. Photo taken in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara). ©Photo: Berkay Dincer

From shamans to prophets: birth of religions in the Near East

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Map: Lower Paleolithic sites in Turkey

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Map: Paleolithic sites in northwestern Turkey

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Map of Paleolithic sites in northwestern Turkey discovered by Berkay Dincer or research teams included him, from 2000 to 2009. (not including other Paleolithic sites in the region) ©Map: Berkay Dinçer Map showing: Yatak (found by B. Dinçer in year 2000, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag) Balıtepe (found by B. Dinçer in year 2005, Lower Paleolithic, Tekirdag) Kuşçesme (found by B. Dinçer in year

Bifacial hand-axe from Karain Cave

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Bifacial hand-axe from Karain Cave (Antalya-Turkey).Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk İnsanları Sergisi).©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Homo erectus skull from Turkey

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Homo erectus skull from Denizli-Turkey.Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk İnsanları Sergisi).©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Paleolithic of Euphrates River

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Lower and Middle Paleolithic stone tools from Euphrates River. Bifaces, levallois cores and flakes/blades.Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk İnsanları Sergisi).©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Denticulates and notched tools from Yarimburgaz Cave

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Stone tools from Yarımburgaz Cave (Istanbul). Notches and denticulates.Photo taken in the First Humans of Turkey exhibit (Türkiye'nin İlk İnsanları Sergisi).©Photo: Berkay Dinçer

Yarimburgaz Caves

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Yarimburgaz Cave, Paleolithic excavations

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