Announcements

February
2026

Our New Article Has Been Published: Palaeolithic Traces and Methodological Innovations in West Afyonkarahisar

The article presenting the methodological and archaeological results of the four-year fieldwork conducted within the scope of the BAFPAL project has been published in the 6th issue of the Turkish Journal of Archaeological Sciences.In the study author...
October
2025

The West Afyonkarahisar Paleolithic Survey (BAFPAL) 2025 field work has been completed

The West Afyonkarahisar Paleolithic Survey (BAFPAL) 2025 field work was conducted between September 17 and October 1, 2025.The field work was primarily carried out in the E12-F12 numbered areas in the Sinanpaşa district, which were also surveyed in p...
May
2025

West Afyonkarahisar Palaeolithic Age Survey 2023 report is published

The first results of the fieldwork conducted in Sandıklı, Hocalar and Kızılören districts in 2023 within the scope of the Palaeolithic Survey of Western Afyonkarahisar were published in the proceedings of the International Survey Results Meeting, whi...
September
2024

"Last Neanderthals" ERC Synergy Project Principal Investigators visited Palaeolithic sites in Afyonkarahisar

The sites of the Western Afyonkarahisar Palaeolithic Survey were visited by the Principal Investigators of the ERC Synergy Project ‘The Last Neanderthals’Prof. Dr. Francesco BERNA from the University of Siena and Prof. Dr. Stefano BENAZZI from the Un...
September
2024

Western Afyonkarahisar Palaeolithic Survey 2024 Fieldwork Completed

The 2024 Western Afyonkarahisar Palaeolithic Survey was carried out in Dinar, Evciler, Başmakçı and Dazkırı districts. In this year's studies, previously determined observation points were visited. The field work was carried out between 2-12 Septembe...
August
2024

the West Afyonkarahisar Palaeolithic Survey was presented at Belgrade University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Berkay Dinçer, head of the West Afyonkarahisar Palaeolithic Survey, participated in the symposium titled ‘Eastern Mediterranean Contact Area in the Early Prehistory’ held at the University of Belgrade in Serbia on 6-7 December 2024 a...
May
2024

2022 yılı yontmataş verilerimiz yayında!

Batı Afyonkarahisar Paleolitik Çağ Yüzey Araştırması 2022 yılı çalışmalarında tespit edilmiş yontmataş buluntuların ayrıntılı analizlerine aşağıdaki adresten ulaşabilirsiniz:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSPrhNUl07Fxa_80a82RU8a9xkdn...
May
2024

Yüzey araştırmamız 2023 çalışmaları Nevşehir'de sunulacak

Batı Afyonkarahisar Paleolitik Çağ Yüzey Araştırması 2023 yılı arazi çalışmalarının ilk sonuçları 27-31 Mayıs 2024 tarihleri arasında Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi'nde düzenlenecek 44. Uluslararası Kazı Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu'nda...