Anadolu`da Orta Paleolitik

Abstract

The reactions shown by man while trying to pre serve his place in the ecological `balance resulted in cultural differences and variations. We observe that firstly in the prehistorical times. Natural medium of the subject-matter times is Pleistocene. The features of Pleistocene is to show hard and short-term climatical changes. Temperature changes caused various climatical zones in some certain parts of the earth; and the North parts of the earth were affected `by glaciers, so were the South parts by pre cipitations. In view of the forward and backward movements of glaciers, Pleistocene is parted into three stages: lo wer, medium and upper parts; the topic treated here is the medium stage. The point is that the characteristics and effects of the Middle Pleistocene Period that goes about 100.000 years back within a vast period of time in which man and nature lived one within the other from the very first moment of man's existing on earth. The regions and time handled in order to fix the place of Anatolia with regard to the universality con-91 cerning the production carried out by the Prehistoric man in his life struggle can never be regarded to be determining factors for a sufficient and sound infe rence» For the investigations carried through have re mained superficial for the aimed conclusion. Yet it is certainly possible to form a framework of approach. Today we mention the existing of universality for the created industry, but to what extent ? And what are the reflections of local characteristics to univer sality ? The only thing that could be said is that the industry in the Middle Palaeolithic period mainly con sisted of incisive objects. The result of the strikes applied to the rocks is a series of behaviour that al low the products of noticeable shape having relatively less breaking effects to occur. These series of actions and the outoomes have occured during the development of the very early products and behaviour related to the productions of choppers and bifaces. It is certain that the representatives of the ancient world have perfectly learned the style originating from the freedom of be ing face to face with the object, in large areas thro ugh the thousands of generations. But it is not possib le to claim that the beginning consisted of a sole po int. Flake wastes and tools changing their places put forward that the medium (the conditions forcing to carve stone) emerged in short terms everywhere.`