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The Survey Database is the result of a collaboration between: Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome (KNIR) and International Association of Classical Archaeology (AIAC)

Summary

Project DescriptionThe primary aim of the survey was to determine the nature and range of Palaeolithic and early Neolithic sites surviving in the rift valley and adjacent hills and to examine the suitability of the area for a longer-term project.

Project Dates

1995 - 1996

Survey Method

Approach
- Temporally Bounded
- Systematic
Spatial Sampling
- Deliberate Sample
- Field Walker Spacing
Artifact Collection
- Full Collection
Collection Unit
- Transect
Location Technique
- Basemap worse than 1:50K
- GPS Uncorrected

Research Focus

Artifacts
- Ceramics
- Lithics
Paleoecology

Other Comments

Primary QuestionsDid the rift valley form one of the main communication corridors between the Levant and southern Turkey? How did a higher rainfall environment impact hunter-gatherer and early farming adaptations?

Research Institution

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Director

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