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Karain Cave (Karain
Mağarası) is a Paleolithic archaeological site located at Yağca
Village 27 km northwest of Antalya city in the Mediterranean
region of Turkey.
The Karain
prehistoric site is situated 430 m above sea level and about 80
m above the eastern slope of Sam Dağı Mountain (Mount Katran),
where the western Taurus Mountains calcareous zone borders on
the Travertine Plain. Karain is a complex of caves that consists
of three main chambers and corridors, separated by calcite
walls, narrow curves and passageways. Halls and galleries
contain speleothems.
A fragment of a
Neanderthal cranium discovered and dated confirms human
habitation since the early Paleolithic age between 150,000 and
200,000 years ago. Researchers documented the continuity of
human presence in the cave for a period of more than 25,000
years, from the Mesolithic, through the Neolithic and the
Chalcolithic, to the Bronze Age. It is assumed that during the
time of Greek colonization of Asia Minor (Iron Age), the cave
had a religious function, as Greek inscriptions and decorations
suggest, that are carved into the rock in front of the entrance.
Paleolithic and
Neolithic flint blades, scrapers and arrowheads, some made in
Levallois technique were discovered. In the subsequent layers
lithic figurines and bone sculptures have been found, that
suggest relations to the nearby Hacilar culture. The attention
of researchers was especially drawn to the carving of a human
face, stylistically similar to the products of the Natufian
culture which flourished in the Levant during the Mesolithic
period. This discovery may corroborate a commercial relationship
of the population of southern Asia Minor and Palestine.
The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations hosts an extensive
collection of Karain artifacts. |
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