Climate & Environmentarticle2026-08-10

Koskarlı Cave: excavations at an Epipalaeolithic site in the eastern Black Sea region of Türkiye

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Abstract

Excavations at Koskarlı Cave in Türkiye’s eastern Black Sea region (Trabzon) have identified in situ Epipalaeolithic ( c . 12 900–12 000 cal BC) occupation. As the first systematic investigation of this period in this region, Koskarlı provides a new reference point for exploring the lifeways of Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers and their regional connections.

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Institutions: Karadeniz Technical University, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Ministry of Culture and Tourism