The Yarimburgaz cave, Thrace, Turkey, final Middle Pleistocene La grotte de Yarimburgaz, Thrace, Turquie, Pléistocène Moyen final

de Lumley, Henry; Cauche, Dominique; Moigne, Anne-Marie; Çuhadar, Zeynelabidin; Sentürk, Ferah; Tedil, Almira; Fauquembergue, Elisabeth; Milizia, Christelle; El Guennouni, Khalid

doi:10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103393

The Yarimburgaz cave, Thrace, Turkey, final Middle Pleistocene La grotte de Yarimburgaz, Thrace, Turquie, Pléistocène Moyen final

de Lumley H., Cauche D., Moigne A., Çuhadar Z., Sentürk F. B., Tedil A., ...More

Anthropologie (France), vol.129, no.4, 2025 (SSCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 129 Issue: 4
Publication Date: 2025
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103393
Journal Name: Anthropologie (France)
Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, FRANCIS, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Anthropological Literature, BIOSIS
Keywords: Final Middle Pleistocene, Lower Palaeolithic, Mammal fauna, Turkey, Yarimburgaz Cave
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The Yarimburgaz cave, located in the European part of Turkey, contains levels of prehistoric occupation which, according to dating and the stage of evolution of the fauna present, are attributed to the final Middle Pleistocene. The presence of fire is attested among these occupation levels, and the abundant lithic industry reveals neither bifaces nor Levallois debitage.