Aspects of the Palaeogeography of Central Anatolia

Cohen, Harold H.; Erol, Oğuz

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“…de Ridder 1965 : 225-37 a n d unpublished evidence from our 1968 expedition). The geomorphological evidence is suggestive of the same conclusion (Cohen and Erol 1969). However, a break in the deposition is reported from the northern reaches of the Konya-Eregli basin (in conversation with Dr. T. de Meester, July 1968).…”

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The Palaeoecology of South Central Anatolia at the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene

Cohen¹

1970

Anatol. Stud.

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The origins of agriculture and domestication have long been identified, in theory, with the beginning of permanent settlements; the beginning of the Early Neolithic Period is known, in fact, to be synchronous with the ending of the Last Ice Age. To some scholars, fact and theory have suggested that this synchronism implies a causal relationship between certain assumed climatic changes and the beginnings of food production; for others, this synchronism is not more than a misleading coincidence. It is not the purpose of the writer to discuss the validity of these assumptions except to indicate that opinion seems to be hardening that food production may have had a more complicated and lengthy history than these assumptions suggest. There has grown up over the last 25 years a considerable body of literature expressing the most varied opinion about the causes for the origins of food production, and its variety has not narrowed with the emergence of new evidence. In my opinion, the basis for the solution of this problem will be derived essentially from palaeoecological analyses of selected areas and regions in various parts of the world, and not only in the Near East. This paper is intended to open such a study for the region of south central Anatolia. As might be expected in an ecological study, the evidence derives from a number of disciplines, and, accordingly, several colleagues have contributed to the formulation of the suggested ecological pattern. That pattern itself, however, is the responsibility of the writer.

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The Palaeoecology of South Central Anatolia at the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene

Cohen¹

1970

Anatol. Stud.

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“…The delta deposit occurring at the location of Soğanlı village in the southwest of Burdur Lake indicates clearly that the levels of Lake Burdur have risen. The other lake terraces of Lake Burdur were found at an elevation of 955 and 910 m (Cohen and Erol, 1969;Erol, 1973;Sungur, 1974;Atalay, 1977).…”

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“…Field studies relating to geologic, geomorphologic properties and its evaluation of the study area were started in the 1860's with the studies of P. de Tchihatcheff (1867), and continued in the research of H. Louis (1938), İlhan (Lahn) (1948), Ardel (1952), and the changing of lake level was firstly introduced by Cohen and Erol (1969), Erol (1972), Sungur (1974), Atalay (1977), Atalay et al, (2019a). The first time the faulted topography and its properties were studied was by Atalay (1977) and Atalay et al, (2017b, c); pedogeomorphologic properties of the Burdur basin were introduced by Altunbaş (2018).…”

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The Formation and Evaluation of the Faulted Topography in the Burdur Basin, Lakes Region, SW Anatolia

Siler¹

2021

JGEOG

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The Burdur Basin, which is located in the Lakes Region in SW Anatolia, was formed by vertical faulting movements. The erosion surfaces were developed on the marl deposit in accordance with the lowering of the base level in each faulting movement in the east of the Burdur Basin. These erosion surfaces are at an elevation of 980, 995, 1040, 1115, 1200, 1300-1340 m on the Neogene marl deposit and knickpoints along the valleys indicate six times depressed along the fault lines of the Burdur Basin. The fault scarp extending on the east of the Burdur Basin was dissected deeply as a triangular facet; the accumulation of materials that had been transported from the highlands led to the formation of dejection fans, cones and re-deposited marl deposit in the eastern part of the Lake Burdur Basin. Earthquakes have occurred frequently since historical times and the subsidence that has taken place in the deeper part of Lake Burdur has attained a depth of more than 70 m in the southern part of the lake which may indicate continued tectonic activity. Lake Burdur, which is the remnant of Neogene Lake, containing some heavy minerals supports the life of only one species of fish and poor flora and fauna.

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“…However, fossil beaches and wave-cut cliffs around the basin edges suggest that the whole area, including Catal huyuk, was formerly covered by an extensive lake. Cohen and the Turkish geomorphologist Erol believed this and other pluvial lakes such as Burdur and Tuz golii began to dry up shortly before the end of the Pleistocene, with the final recession occurring very early in the Holocene (Cohen and Erol, 1969).…”

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“…Quaternary sediments include river alluvium, bajadas, fossil sand dunes, and playas, but the main body of deposits occupies the bed of the former Konya Lake. The late Quaternary history of this paleo-lake has been reconstructed from fossil beaches and other shoreline features, and from cores taken through lake bottom and marginal alluvial sediments (Cohen and Erol, 1969;de Meester, 1971;Roberts et al, 1979;Roberts, 1983). Techniques employed include the analysis of sediments, diatoms, ostracods, and mollusca, with a chronological framework provided by radiocarbon dating and archaeological data.…”

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Late quaternary geomorphological change and the origins of agriculture in south central Turkey

Roberts

1991

Geoarchaeology

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This study investigates the relationship between environmental change and the origins of agriculture in the Near East, with special reference to the Konya and Beygehir-Sugla Basins of south central Anatolia. The Konya Basin, now largely dry, was formerly occupied by an extensive lake, which last attained a high level between 23,000 and 17,000 years ago. It is concluded that there was only an indirect link between the drying up of the former Konya Lake and the appearance of early agricultural (Neolithic) settlements on the floor of the plain. An equally important factor was the creation of new land and water resources which resulted from changes in river regimes and alluvial sedimentation after the end of the Pleistocene. Neolithic sites were not only clustered on water-retentive alluvial soils, but have also been partly buried by Holocene alluviation. The revised site chronology which follows from these geoarchaeological observations has significant implications for the interpretation of the Neolithic settlement system in south central Turkey.

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Aspects of the Palaeogeography of Central Anatolia

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The Palaeoecology of South Central Anatolia at the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene

The Palaeoecology of South Central Anatolia at the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene

The Formation and Evaluation of the Faulted Topography in the Burdur Basin, Lakes Region, SW Anatolia

Late quaternary geomorphological change and the origins of agriculture in south central Turkey

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