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Prehistoric caves · Mysteria

CategoriesPrehistoric caves

Prehistoric caves

Every place in the atlas labelled prehistoric caves.

Places: 1
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World Heritage: 0

Notable prehistoric caves

🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave

Karain Cave

Lower Palaeolithic to Byzantine (500,000 BP–1200 CE) · Tayacian/Clactonian → Acheulean → Mousterian → Upper Palaeolithic

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave

Karain Cave

Lower Palaeolithic to Byzantine (500,000 BP–1200 CE) · Tayacian/Clactonian → Acheulean → Mousterian → Upper Palaeolithic

Anatolia's oldest cave (500 ka) at Antalya — Tayacian to Mousterian with Neanderthal and hippo fauna.