Neolithic Chipped Stone Assemblages in Northwestern Anatolia, Turkey

Ivan Gatsov & Petranka Nedelcheva Eurasian Prehistory 8:1-2 (2011): 89-95.

Abstract

This paper describes the main features of the lithic technology, collected in the settlements in the territory of South Marmara and Aegean region of West Anatolia during the 7-6 millennia B.C. The results of the analysis demonstrates the uniformity in the technological and typological parameters, which may provide direct evidence for common lithic traditions and possibly similar environmental characteristics. A new question arises following the Central Northwest Anatolia research at the Keҫiҫayýrý settlement in relationship to the noted earliest traces of PPNB occupation in that area. It is presumed that the bearers of the former lithic industry first penetrated this area prior to the arrival of the first makers of Neolithic pottery.