ABSTRACT The Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic periods of Turkey are poorly understood. The discovery of two sites (Kocaman and Kayadibi) in the Karaburun Peninsula in coastal western Turkey opens a whole new window into our understanding of these periods in Turkey and beyond by providing the first solid evidence for pre-Neolithic foragers. This article presents typological and technological properties of the lithics from these two open-air sites in terms of raw material selection, tool types, and technological preferences and discusses the results in relation to contemporary Anatolian, Aegean, southwest Asian, and southeast European industries. Typological and technological analyses suggest that Kocaman lithics were part of the eastern Mediterranean and northern Aegean Epipalaeolithic traditions; the Kayadibi lithics, on the other hand, correspond well with the Aegean Mesolithic assemblages. The lack of any affinity between the Kayadibi and Initial Neolithic lithic assemblages from western Turkey has important implications about the Neolithization process of western Turkey and the Aegean.

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在安纳托利亚和爱琴海之间：卡拉布伦半岛的上古石器时代和中石器时代的觅食者

摘要土耳其的上古石器时代和中石器时代了解甚少。在土耳其西部沿海地区的卡拉布伦半岛发现了两个遗址（高加曼和卡亚迪比），这为我们对土耳其及以后时期的理解提供了一个全新的窗口，为新石器时代以前的觅食者提供了第一份可靠的证据。本文从原材料选择，工具类型和技术偏好方面介绍了这两个露天场所的石器的类型学和技术特性，并讨论了与当代安纳托利亚人，爱琴海，西南亚和东南欧工业有关的结果。类型学和技术分析表明，科卡曼石器时代是地中海东部和爱琴海北部古石器时代传统的一部分。另一方面，卡亚迪比石器 与爱琴海中石器时代的组合非常吻合。Kayadibi与来自土耳其西部的新石器时代的原始石器组合之间缺乏亲和力，这对土耳其西部和爱琴海的新石器时代化进程具有重要意义。