Akyapi Cave - Rock Art in Turkey

Submitted by davidmorgan on Sunday, 22 December 2019  Page Views: 580

Site Name: Akyapi Cave Alternative Name: Akyapı Mağarası
Country: Turkey Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Silifke  Nearest Village: Gülnar
Latitude: 36.338800N  Longitude: 33.398800E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4Short walk on a footpath
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Rock Art in Mersin Province, Turkey

Ten 8,000-year-old cave paintings discovered in 2016 in the Taurus Mountains.
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8,000-year-old cave paintings found in southern Turkey by davidmorgan on Sunday, 22 December 2019
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A 2016 article in Daily Sabah.

Archaeologists announced the discovery of 10 cave paintings in the southern city of Mersin on Friday and said they dated back about 8,000 years ago.

The paintings discovered in a cave in the city's Gülnar district were almost fully intact, scientists said at a press conference.

The discovery sheds light on the prehistoric period of the region formerly known as Cilicia. Professor Murat Durukan of Mersin University and Associate Professor Serdar Girginer of Çukurova University, two archeologists that worked in the excavation, told reporters the primitive cave paintings were the continuation of findings of similar rock art on the ancient Latmos Mountains in western Turkey, and showed that the parietal art was confined to Latmos or other places in western and southwestern Turkey.

"This is the first time cave paintings were discovered in Middle Toros (mountain range) and is significant for the study of the prehistoric period of Cilicia as it shows that the set of faiths prevalent in other parts of Anatolia in a period covering 5,000-6,000 B.C. was also observed in this region," they said.

Archaeologists say they believe the cave was some kind of shrine from a prehistoric society as most cave paintings found in Turkey were discovered in places used as "cult centers." Durukan and Girginer said the painting showed dancing figures that probably depict rituals marking the onset of spring, the start of harvest season or rites of passage in line with the belief system of prehistoric people.
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