Papers by ismail baykara
The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 2020
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Gürgürbaba Tepesi (Erciş, Van) Paleolitik Çağ Araştırmaları, 2018
Gürgürbaba Tepesi Doğu Anadolu’da, Van ilinde yer alan bir obsidiyen kaynağıdır. Bu tepenin günüm... more Gürgürbaba Tepesi Doğu Anadolu’da, Van ilinde yer alan bir obsidiyen kaynağıdır. Bu tepenin günümüz deniz seviyesinden yüksekliği yaklaşık 2200 metredir. Gerçekleştirilen araştırmalar Alt ve Orta Paleolitik ve ayrıca olasılıkla Kalkolitik Dönemlere ait çok sayıda buluntu yeri açığa çıkarmıştır. Bunların tamamı obsidiyen hammaddeler ile yakından ilişkilidir. Paleolitik buluntu yerleri kalın bir yamaç molozu tarafından örtülmüş olduğu için sadece yeni aşınmış akaçlarda tespit edilmiştir. Paleolitik buluntuların çoğu iyi korunmuştur ve hem jeolojik hem arkeolojik olarak in situ’dur.
Gurgurbaba Tepesi Paleolitik Cag Arastirmalari, Jan 2018
Gürgürbaba Hill is an obsidian source located in Van province in Eastern Anatolia. Its altitude i... more Gürgürbaba Hill is an obsidian source located in Van province in Eastern Anatolia. Its altitude is approximately 2200 m above the modern sea level. Research in this area has revealed many Lower and Middle Paleolithic and also possibly Chalcholithic findspots. All these are in close relationship with the obsidian raw material. The Paleolithic findspots were covered by a thick layer of slopewash for this reason they could only be found in the recently eroded drainages. Most of the Paleolithic finds are very well preserved and in situ both geologically and archaeologically.
Özer, İ., Sağır, M., Dinçer, B., Şahin, S., Baykara, İ., Güleç, E., 2017 "2015 Yılı Muğla ve Çanakkale İlleri Yüzey Araştırması", Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 34/1: 315-327.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2009
This paper summarizes results from excavations at Ü çagızlı Cave (Hatay, Turkey) between 1999 and... more This paper summarizes results from excavations at Ü çagızlı Cave (Hatay, Turkey) between 1999 and 2002. This collapsed karstic chamber contains a sequence of early Upper Paleolithic deposits that span an interval between roughly 29,000 and 41,000 (uncalibrated) radiocarbon years BP. Lithic assemblages can be assigned to two major chronostratigraphic units. The earliest assemblages correspond with the Initial Upper Paleolithic, whereas the most recent ones fit within the definition of the Ahmarian. Substantial assemblages of stone tools, vertebrate faunal remains, ornaments, osseous artifacts, and other cultural materials provide an unusually varied picture of human behavior during the earliest phases of the Upper Paleolithic in the northern Levant. The sequence at Ü çagızlı Cave documents the technological transition between Initial Upper Paleolithic and Ahmarian, with a high degree of continuity in foraging and technological activities. The sequence also documents major shifts in occupational intensity and mobility.
The site of Üçağızlı II is located in a partially collapsed cave on the Mediterranean coast of th... more The site of Üçağızlı II is located in a partially collapsed cave on the Mediterranean coast of the Hatay region, South
Central Turkey. A small intact chamber (chamber D) preserves a sequence of Middle Paleolithic deposits nearly
2 m thick. Test excavations at the site in 2005 and 2007 produced large assemblages of artifacts, vertebrate
and shellfish remains. The entire sequence formed during the Upper Pleistocene, subsequent to MIS 5a. Faunal
and lithic assemblages are comparatively homogeneous, consistent with the inference that the deposits formed
under relatively constant environmental conditions. Micromorphological analyses reveal an abundance of combustion
features and products, although the visibility of the features is locally compromised by local, small-scale
bioturbation. There is evidence that the ways fires were created and maintained changed along with the intensity
of occupation. Lithic assemblages most closely resemble other Middle Paleolithic assemblages from the northern
Levant but there are inconsistencies with the accepted pattern of technological change over time in the Levantine
Mousterian more broadly. Faunal and lithic evidence indicate that the intensity and duration of occupational
events declined over time at Üçağızlı II. While there are many parallels in raw material economy with the
early Upper Paleolithic of the nearby Üçağızlı I site, the Middle Paleolithic hominins may have used the coastal
landscape in a different way from later Upper Paleolithic groups.
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Birol, Ö., Kelpetin, Z., Gülseven, B., Baykara, İ., Dinçer, B. 2017. "Gürgürbaba (Van) Paleolitik Yüzey Araştırması", İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Arkeolojik Kazı ve Araştırmalar Toplantısı 16. 11-12 Nisan 2017, İstanbul.
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AEGEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PREHISTORY by ismail baykara
Results of the 2016 work by Karaburun Archaeological Survey Project
The ‘Karaburun Archaeological Survey’ project aims to illuminate the lifeways of Late Pleistocene... more The ‘Karaburun Archaeological Survey’ project aims to illuminate the lifeways of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene foragers in western Anatolia. A recently discovered, lithic-rich site on the Karaburun Peninsula offers new insights into a currently undocumented period of western Anatolian prehistory.
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Papers by ismail baykara
Central Turkey. A small intact chamber (chamber D) preserves a sequence of Middle Paleolithic deposits nearly
2 m thick. Test excavations at the site in 2005 and 2007 produced large assemblages of artifacts, vertebrate
and shellfish remains. The entire sequence formed during the Upper Pleistocene, subsequent to MIS 5a. Faunal
and lithic assemblages are comparatively homogeneous, consistent with the inference that the deposits formed
under relatively constant environmental conditions. Micromorphological analyses reveal an abundance of combustion
features and products, although the visibility of the features is locally compromised by local, small-scale
bioturbation. There is evidence that the ways fires were created and maintained changed along with the intensity
of occupation. Lithic assemblages most closely resemble other Middle Paleolithic assemblages from the northern
Levant but there are inconsistencies with the accepted pattern of technological change over time in the Levantine
Mousterian more broadly. Faunal and lithic evidence indicate that the intensity and duration of occupational
events declined over time at Üçağızlı II. While there are many parallels in raw material economy with the
early Upper Paleolithic of the nearby Üçağızlı I site, the Middle Paleolithic hominins may have used the coastal
landscape in a different way from later Upper Paleolithic groups.
Posters by ismail baykara
Talks, Presentations by ismail baykara
AEGEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PREHISTORY by ismail baykara
Central Turkey. A small intact chamber (chamber D) preserves a sequence of Middle Paleolithic deposits nearly
2 m thick. Test excavations at the site in 2005 and 2007 produced large assemblages of artifacts, vertebrate
and shellfish remains. The entire sequence formed during the Upper Pleistocene, subsequent to MIS 5a. Faunal
and lithic assemblages are comparatively homogeneous, consistent with the inference that the deposits formed
under relatively constant environmental conditions. Micromorphological analyses reveal an abundance of combustion
features and products, although the visibility of the features is locally compromised by local, small-scale
bioturbation. There is evidence that the ways fires were created and maintained changed along with the intensity
of occupation. Lithic assemblages most closely resemble other Middle Paleolithic assemblages from the northern
Levant but there are inconsistencies with the accepted pattern of technological change over time in the Levantine
Mousterian more broadly. Faunal and lithic evidence indicate that the intensity and duration of occupational
events declined over time at Üçağızlı II. While there are many parallels in raw material economy with the
early Upper Paleolithic of the nearby Üçağızlı I site, the Middle Paleolithic hominins may have used the coastal
landscape in a different way from later Upper Paleolithic groups.