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Fikirtepe |
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Type:
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Flat Settlement |
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Altitude:
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26 m |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Province:
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Istanbul |
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District:
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Kadiköy |
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Village:
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Merkez |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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Period:
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AP |
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| Location: This site is in Istanbul in the neighborhood of Fikirtepe of the district of Kadiköy. The exact location of the site is not reported. The connection between the Late Neolithic finds and the Palaeolithic finds at this site is ambiguous. |
| Geography and Environment: Kansu conducted research at the ceramic Neolithic site of Fikirtepe; probably around the Kurbagali Stream. The site is now completely destroyed by modern settlement. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The site was discovered in 1908 by railroad-worker; Miliopulos. The surface material was then studied by A.D. Mordtmann [Mordtmann 1907:11]. These finds were then bought by T.J. Arne along with the Pendik-Temenye finds and taken to the Stockholm National Museum [Arne 1922:114]. The finds were then restudied in Sweden and published by M.O. Janse [Janse 1925:166-171]. Przeworsky and K. Bittel have also contributed to the extensive discussions on the dating and assignments of these finds [Przeworsky 1936:78; Bittel 1942:164-165]. A surface survey was conducted under the direction of A.M. Mansel; K. Bittel and H. Çambel for the Turkish Historical Society in 1942. The first archaeological excavation at the site; where 6 trenches exposed 480 square meters in a 70x140 m area; was conducted between 1952-54. In 1962; S.A. Kansu dug three additional deep soundings. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: Kansu's survey in and around the farms and fields in Fikirtepe; which have since become part of the modern city; yielded Palaeolithic tools. Kansu assigns a few of these tools; which have Palaeolithic handaxe typologies; to the Palaeolithic while he believes the majority are contemporary with the Neolithic habitation in the area. Although the Palaeolithic tools found at this site have been published; the photographs are extremely poor [Kansu 1963b:fig. 4]. Kansu; in his speech at the Second Atatürk Conference [Kansu 1970:114]; and in another publication; reports that an Aucheuléen handaxe was found at this site [Kansu 1971:221]. Other Lower Palaeolithic handaxes from the Pendik; Göksu or Davutpasa streams; in and around the Istanbul province; may be related to this find. |
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