Koskarlı Cave

Excavations at an Epipalaeolithic site in the eastern Black Sea region of Türkiye

Bibliographic Data

ID24028622
AuthorsHülya Çalışkan Akgül (0000-0002-6619-9898, Karadeniz Technical University, corresponding author), Sidar Gündüzalp (0000-0003-4465-6952, Karadeniz Technical University), Raif Kandemir (0000-0002-0344-9159, Karadeniz Technical University), Didem Turan (0000-0001-8375-1296, Karadeniz Technical University), Hasan Umut Kıvrak (0000-0002-4261-4356, Karadeniz Technical University), Guram Chkhatarashvili (0000-0002-0568-9797, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University), Levent Alnıak (Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism), Levent ALNIAK (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)
Year2026
Pages1-8
Publication date2026-08-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2026.10410
OpenAlexW7202074368
LanguageEN
References cited7

Excavations at Koskarlı Cave in Türkiye’s eastern Black Sea region (Trabzon) have identified in situ Epipalaeolithic ( c . 12 900–12 000 cal BC) occupation. As the first systematic investigation of this period in this region, Koskarlı provides a new reference point for exploring the lifeways of Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers and their regional connections.

Black sea · Cave · Excavation · Period (music) · Pleistocene · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Marine and environmental studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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