Study of a Human Skeleton Found in Öküzini in The Province of Antalya
Authors : Muzaffer ŞENYÜREK
Pages : 491-516
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Publication Date : 1958-10-20
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Docent Dr. Kılıç Kökten brought to the author of the article for study a human skeleton which he found in an excavation which he made in 1956 in öküzini insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(the cave of the ox); near the village of Yagca in the prov-ince of Antalya. According to the information supplied to by Dr. Kökten this skeleton was found in a layer of 75 centimeters thickness, which occurs below the Chalcolithic stratum. Dr. Kökten states that in this layer including the human skeleton, which was found 25-30 centimeters below the base of the Chalcolithic stratum, he encountered potsherds of handmade, black, burnished coarse pottery and small flint knives and attributes this layer to \`the first ceramic settlement of Turkey\`, that is to the Neolithic period.Keywords : Antalya, Antropology, Archaeology, Kılıç Kökten
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