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Yatak |
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Artifact Scatter |
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Altitude:
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230 m |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Province:
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Tekirdag |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Karansilli |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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AP |
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| The site located about 350 m southeast of Karansilli village; which is about 30 km west of Tekirdag city center. It lies in the area called Yatak; 100 m northeast of the road to the village cemetery and the trashing field [Dinçer 2001a: 72; 2001b: 14]. It is located on a ridge; which is about 270 m high from the sea level. Scattered Palaeolithic finds were seen in the surroundings. Raw materials like quartz; quartzite and gypsum were abundantly encountered in the area [Dinçer 2001a: 72]. The site was discovered in 2000 by Berkay Dinçer; a student from the University of Istanbul; Department of Prehistorical Archaeology; when he noticed the Palaeolithic tools among the stones collected from the ridge that was being used as a field by the villagers. Finds belonging to different phases of the Palaeolithic Period were encountered from the site. According to the situation of these finds; it was thought that Yatak was a secondary deposit [Dinçer 2002: 69]. A hand axe made of red flint; numerous choppers; chopping tool type Oldowan tools were found. According to the fact that one of these tools was heavier than 1.5 kg; it was thought that the tools used here could be bigger than those in Yarimburgaz. It is observed that the density of the artifacts in the area decreased after five years of its discovery. There are clear differences in exploitation of different raw materials at Yatak. Chopping tools are especially made on quartzite. Flakes were produced from quartz using discoid debitage and bipolar technique. The bipolar cores are large and they were probably used to obtain larger flakes. One of these cores bear signs of percussion and it shows that it was certainly used as hammer. Locally available flints are poor of quality. There is no preparation of the striking platform in the flint discoid cores. The smooth alluvial cortex of these raw materials probably presented a more homogeneous structure and so was more suitable for knapping activity. A roughly shaped bifacial flint tool was found. This tool was produced by using direct percussion [Slimak-Dinçer 2007b]. |
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