Mastodawn

Adding more #Epipaleolithic-Pre-Pottery #Neolithic spots to the archaeological map of SE #Türkiye, this time in the foothills of Tur Abdin, Mardin province - meet Şika Rika 5, one of at least 20 prehistoric settlements in these hills as a survey indicates: 🏺 www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/1000...

10,000-year-old settlement cha...

10,000-year-old settlement challenges traditional views on the origins of sedentary life

Archaeologists working in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered a 10,000-year-old settlement that may reshape current theories about how and when humans began living in permanent communities. The site, known as Şika Rika 5, lies in the limestone foothills of Tur Abdin in Mardin province—an area previously little explored compared with the well-studied valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

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JSquires 1d ago

is epipaleolithic different from mesolithic?

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Jens Notroff 1d ago

Generally speaking: yes, rooted in different adapation to different environments.

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Jens Notroff 1d ago

While the #Mesolithic in Europe & northern Eurasia really represents a distinct transitional "middle" between Paleolithic & Neolithic with hunters adapting to post-glacial forests for thousands of years before #Neolithic farming arrived from the outside, fundamentally changing their way of life …

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Jens Notroff

… where was no break in the cultural sequence in the Near East. Hunter-gatherers in Levant, Anatolia, & Zagros Mountains maintained #Paleolithic stone tool traditions, but began developing "Neolithic" traits, more or less naturally transitioning into new subsistence forms due to available resources.