Suluin Mağarası Holosen Dönem yontmataş endüstrisi
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2014
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Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
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The chipped stone industry obtained from Suluin excavations which conducted between 2007and 2012 is comprised subject of the thesis. While the whole chipped stone industry was considered to build up the type list and the definitions, the plansquares (H6-10, I6-10, J6-10) which are dug up to archaeological horizontal 20th was taken into account just in the analysis studies. A total of 4214 pieces of chipped stone industry which includes all the product of processed and unprocessed is examined. The total 1567 pieces which consisting of 356 unretouched pieces, 291 cores ans core fragments and 920 macrolithic and microlithic tools were analyzed. The raw material of Suluin chipped stone industry is consisting of 63.87% radiolarite, 34.37% flint and 1.74% obsidian. Suluin chipped stone industry is dominated by laminar knapping. The cores of Suluin Cave occur from prepared (66%) and unprepared (34%) cores. The micro cores are the common type (33.3%) in the prepared cores. 754 pieces of chipped stone tools belong to the macrolithic and 166 to the microlitic. 20 main type and 96 subtypes were identified in the macrolithic tools. The retouched flakes are the most intense tool type. Some macrolithic tools which found in the Suluin Cave such as the point with double backs, the stemmed tool with type 2 and type 3 can be classified as domestic tools. The microlithics of Suluin Cave in almost all archaeological levels are found together with macrolithic tools. The total 166 microlithic tools which are analyzed consist of non-geometric microlits (97%), geometric microlits (1.8%) and unidentified microlits (1.2%). 7 main types and 45 subtypes have been identified in the microlithic tools of Suluin Cave. The transversal arrowhead is the most intense type of microlithic tools. The intensive use of that local raw material radiolarite in the chipped stone industry and the tradition of tool-making have been similar in the caves of Katran Mountain like Suluin since the Epi-paleolithic.
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Arkeolojik kazılar, Sului̇n Mağarası