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Dülük Büyük Magara

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Dülük Büyük Magara
Type:
Cave
Altitude:
860 m
Depth:
24 m
Length:
84 m
Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Gaziantep
District:
Merkez
Village:
Dülük

     


Location: This cave-site is in the valley and on the sloping hillside by the Dülük train station approximately 11 km north of the city of Gaziantep. The cave is 1;000 meters above sea level.
Structural Properties and formation : E.Y. Bostanci provides a dimension of 84 m long and 24 m deep for the cave. According to him; the roof is 26 m higher than its filled level of today; and the deposit layer inside the cave is thick.
Research History: Most probably it was first discovered by E.Y. Bostanci.
Findings: E.Y. Bostanci reports that for excavation a high economic power is required as the cave is very big; and the Palaeolithic layers are located at one corner of the cave; and he left the excavation unfinished due to the thickness of the Bronze Age layer of the upper layers. Probably he left the cave as he couldn't have reached to the layers of the Palaeolithic Age although he descended down to 2 m by a small sounding opened on the right (?) side of the cave. No information is available about layering and upper material of the Bronze Age.


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