Karaburun Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırması (KAYA), İzmir’in Karaburun İlçesinde 2015 yılından itibaren yürütülmektedir. Peyzaj arkeolojisinin kuramsal yaklaşımıyla yaygın yaya yüzey araştırması yöntemini uygulayan proje, Karaburun... more
Karaburun Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırması (KAYA), İzmir’in Karaburun İlçesinde 2015 yılından itibaren yürütülmektedir. Peyzaj arkeolojisinin kuramsal yaklaşımıyla yaygın yaya yüzey araştırması yöntemini uygulayan proje, Karaburun Yarımadası’nda, yedi yılda toplam 181 arkeolojik alan kayıt altına almıştır. Buluntular, Alt Paleolitik Dönem’den Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi’ne dek uzanmaktadır. Okumakta olduğunuz çalışma, başlangıcından günümüze Karaburun’da gerçekleştirmiş olduğumuz çalışmaların bir özeti niteliğindedir.
This article presents an unpublished bronze dagger which was found during the Karaburun Archaeological Survey Project (KASP) in Karaburun peninsula, İzmir. The dagger was found close to the Manal Bay on the southeastern part of the... more
This article presents an unpublished bronze dagger which was found during the Karaburun Archaeological Survey Project (KASP) in Karaburun peninsula, İzmir. The dagger was found close to the Manal Bay on the southeastern part of the Karaburun peninsula, which also yielded hand-made pottery, chipped stones including blades produced on Melian obsidian. The dagger is so far very important as being the first metal item of EBA age ever found in Karaburun. This article also aims to emphasize the importance of the typology of metal weapons for the Anatolian Bronze Age archaeology. The typology of metal weapons is used as a highly reliable dating method in Europe and the Caucasus. The dagger show close similarities with EBA daggers found settlements and cemetery areas such as Ahlatlıbel, Beycesultan and Demircihöyük in the Central Anatolia and Aegean. Thus, the handmade pottery and chipped stone material found at the site can also be dated to the Early Bronze Age. The planned archaeometric analysis of the dagger will further contribute to understanding the trade relations of Karaburun EBA community with other regions in this period.
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... 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.
