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Submitted by davidmorgan on Thursday, 23 October 2014  Page Views: 1762

Rock ArtSite Name: Tirsin Plateau Alternative Name: Tırşin Yaylası
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 79.295 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Hakkari
Latitude: 37.575522N  Longitude: 43.735808E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Rock Art in Hakkari Province, Turkey

10,000-year-old rock art depicting "mountain goats, wild deer, snakes and humans".
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Re: Trişin Meadow by davidmorgan on Thursday, 23 October 2014
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My IGN map of Turkey has this marked in Van Province at approx. 37.853562, 43.458835. It looks like a local guide would be needed to get to it.
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Kurdish peace bid allows for rediscovery of prehistorical paintings in Hakkari by davidmorgan on Thursday, 23 October 2014
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Rock paintings in Hakkari from 10,000 years ago have been examined for the first time since 1960, when they were first discovered. The paintings shed light on prehistorical human activity in the area.

Academics have succeeded in returning to rock paintings dating back 10 millennia for the first time in 54 years after an end to hostilities in the eastern province of Hakkari made it possible to visit the alpine meadow where the art is located.

“This place was discovered in 1960 but archaeologists have not come here since then,” said Istanbul University Van Region History and Archaeology Center Director Erkan Konyar.

“After 50 years, an archaeology team visited the area this year for the first time. We are examining the rock paintings. They are very important in terms of the prehistory of the region. They are the earliest examples of rock paintings. They depict mountain goats, wild deer, snakes and humans. The paintings were shaped according to the conditions and needs of the era,” Konyar said.

“Rock paintings indicate that there were settlements here. They are very simple rock paintings made by migrant groups. Chronological examination show that these paintings were artistic creations of people who lived here 10,000 years ago,” the academic said.

The paintings, which are located in the Norduz area’s Trişin meadow, were inaccessible for 54 years due to fighting between the Turkish military and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). A slow-moving peace process has resulted in an end to active fighting in the area, facilitating the archaeologists’ return to the region.

Konyar, who is working in the region with his own archaeological team in collaboration with the Van Museum Directorate, said the simple paintings made by migrating groups in the region would provide significant data for history.

He said the alpine meadow was located among the mountains, 3,000 meters above sea level.

The region is home to hundreds of rock paintings, some of which are already under protection, he said, while adding that necessary measures should be taken to protect the rest of the region as well.

The rock paintings have been photographed and documented, he said, noting that work would continue in the area.

Source: Hürriyet
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