Archaeological evidence for 9th and 8th millennia BC at girmeler cave near tlos in SW turkey

Abstract

A mound settlement in front of the Girmeler Cave near the major Lycian city of Tlos in SW Turkey revealed evidence for occupation during the late 9th and 8th millennia BC. The ccupation is characterized by a structure with at least two layers of lime-plastered floor, hearths and bins and a wattle-and-daub superstructure, all pointing to a sedentary community engaged in intensive hunting and gathering. The trial trenches at Girmeler Cave also yielded evidence of an Early Pottery Neolithic period at the end of the 8th millennium BC. The remains of several buildings with terrazzo floors and wattle-and-daub superstructures were found. It is likely that the cave served as a sacred site in the Early Pottery Neolithic period. There was a hiatus between the late 9th/early 8th millennium BC and the Early Pottery Neolithic occupations at the site. IZVLE∞EK - Naselbina na gomili pred vhodom v jamo Girmeler v bli∫ini pomembnega likijskega mesta Tlos v jugozahodni Tur≠iji razkriva dokaze o poselitvi v ≠asu poznega 9. in 8. tiso≠letja pr. n. Πt. Zna≠ilnost poselitve je struktura z vsaj dvema plastema z apnom prekritih tal, ognjiΠ≠, odpadnih jam in butane nadgradnje, kar ka∫e na sedentarno skupnost, ki se je ukvarjala z intenzivnim lovom in nabiralniΠtvom. Testne sonde v jami Girmeler so prinesle dokaze o poselitvi v obdobju zgodnjega kerami≠nega neolitika ob koncu 8. tiso≠letja pr. n. Πt. Odkriti so bili ostanki ve≠ zgradb s teraco tlemi in butano nadgradnjo. Verjetno je, da je jama v zgodnjem kerami≠nem,neolitiku slu∫ila kot svet kraj. Med poznim 9./zgodnjim 8. tiso≠letjem pr. n. Πt. in poselitvijo v zgodnjem kerami≠nem neolitiku je prepoznana prekinitev.