10. Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı - Kültür ve Turizm BakanlıÄı
10. Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı - Kültür ve Turizm BakanlıÄı
10. Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı - Kültür ve Turizm BakanlıÄı
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Loe 91 (7 Iune)The locality is situated high up on the E side of Sinaptepe, in themiddle region of the Middle Sinap Series. Disco<strong>ve</strong>red in 1992, the fossilseroding out of the slope included associated Hipparion dentitions andse<strong>ve</strong>ral paıtial ovibovine crania with horn cores as well as other remains,totally 51 catalogued specimens.The exeavation produced altogether 97 catalogııed specimens, bringingthe total up to 148. These included se<strong>ve</strong>ral sets of associated elements,such as the neck <strong>ve</strong>ıtebrae of Hipparion and some of the firstgood-quality rhinoceros post cranial material reco<strong>ve</strong>red from Sinap bythe present project. Partial skulls of additional bovids and of the hyaenidIctitherium were alsa reco<strong>ve</strong>red. Once specialists' identifications areavailable, this locality will assuıne a key role for the Sinap biochronology,especially for the bovids.The faunal list for this locality now comprises the following taxa:Chelonia indet.Giraffidae indet.Nisidorcas sp. indet.Prostrepsiceros sp. indet.Hipporton sensu stricto iprostylumtdietrichi complex)Rhinocerotidae indet.Ictitherium sp. indet.*Loe 108 (8 June)This locality is situated in E Sinap at a le<strong>ve</strong>l between 94 and 91. ltwas disco<strong>ve</strong>red during soundings at the adjacent loc 8b at the beginningof the 1993 field season. A small sounding re<strong>ve</strong>aled a rich concentrationof partly associated limb bones in the loose soil abo<strong>ve</strong> the sediment.Since these fossils were in danger of destruction an unplanned exeavationwas interpolated into the programme.Exeavation pro<strong>ve</strong>d the site to be rich in high-quality material, withse<strong>ve</strong>ral instances of articulated limbs reco<strong>ve</strong>red. The locality also prodııcedsome of the first good postcranial material referrable to the newlyrecognised carrıivore family Percrocutidae (Werdelin & Solounias, 1991).Probably the most impoıtant disco<strong>ve</strong>ry, howe<strong>ve</strong>r, was that of a horseskull definitely identifiable as a member of the "Hippotherium" primigeniumcomplex. This is the first unequivocal evidence that the hippar-193
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