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<< Our Photo Pages >> Karain Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in Turkey | Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 Page Views: 7034
| Natural PlacesSite Name: Karain Cave Alternative Name: Karain Mağarası Country: Turkey Type: Cave or Rock Shelter Nearest Town: Antalya Nearest Village: Yağca Latitude: 37.076424N Longitude: 30.570712E Condition:| 5 | Perfect | | 4 | Almost Perfect | | 3 | Reasonable but with some damage | | 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site | | 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks | | 0 | No data. | | -1 | Completely destroyed | 2
Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. | 4
Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. | 3
Accuracy:| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates | | 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map | | 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map | | 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village | | 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town | | 0 | no data | 5
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Cave in Antalya Province, Turkey
The excavations carried out in the cave by Prof. Kokten at intervals between 1946 and 1973 brought to light artefacts from the Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Ages, giving evidence of continuous habitation. The wall inscriptions and votive niches from the Classical Age indicate that the cave was used as a temple and for making vows.
The signs of habitation and the remains from the Palaeolithic Age, in particular, point to the fact that this is one of Anatolia's, even the World's, most important centres. The people who lived in that age have provided us with important knowledge of the flora, fauna and climate of the Pleistocene Period. Artefacts made from rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses and elephants as well as fossilised remains of Homo Sapiens from the Middle Paleaolithic, Neanderthal and Late Palaeolithic ages have been found.
From the site information board.
The site is on the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list.
The position is for the small on-site museum, the cave is about 300 metres along a path up the cliff.
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Karain Cave submitted by davidmorgan Deep inside Karain Cave.
Karain Cave submitted by SolarMegalith Entrance to the cave. The site was occupied from the Palaeolithic, it also revealed Neolithic and Bronze Age deposits (photo taken on June 2012).
Karain Cave submitted by SolarMegalith Inside Karain Caves remains of the Neanderthals and traces of the Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation were discovered (photo taken on July 2012).
Karain Cave submitted by SolarMegalith Entrance to the cave seen from its interior (photo taken on July 2012).
Karain Cave submitted by SolarMegalith Entrance to the main cave (photo taken on July 2012).
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