title: Kaletepe Deresi 3 (Turkey): archaeological evidence for early human settlement in Central Anatolia.
abstract: Located in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province, Kaletepe Deresi 3 was discovered in the summer of 2000 and has been under investigation since that time. Volcanic activity in the region generated a number of obsidian intrusions that have attracted humans to the area throughout prehistory. The stratigraphic sequence at Kaletepe Deresi 3, more than 7 m in depth, presents a series of archaeological horizons representing the Lower and Middle Paleolithic. The site contains the longest open-air Paleolithic sequence excavated in Turkey, as well as the first in situ Acheulean industry documented in Anatolia. Tephras in the upper Middle Paleolithic horizons and the rhyolithic bedrock bracket the timespan represented at Kaletepe Deresi 3. The lithic industry at the site illustrates a wide range of technological behaviors and documents changes in raw-material exploitation and artifact manufacture through the Lower and Middle Paleolithic.
authors.affiliation: Economies Sociétés et Environnements Préhistoriques, UMR 6636, 5 rue du Château de l'Horloge, BP 647, 13094, Aix-en-Provence cedex 2, France. slimakl@yahoo.fr <slimakl@yahoo.fr>
authors.forename: Ludovic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Slimak
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: Damase
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mouralis
authors.forename: Hijlke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buitenhuis
authors.forename: Nur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Balkan-Atli
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuzucuoğlu
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guillou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001106:Archaeology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005580:Fossils; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D005898:Glass; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D010163:Paleontology; D014421:Turkey