Chipped Stone Finds Along the Anatolian Black Sea Coast: Tekkeköy-A Shelter, Samsun, Turkey

ABSTRACTThe archaeological studies in the Black Sea Region of Turkey have long been neglected in comparison to other regions in the country. Despite increasing numbers of excavations and surveys regarding the post-prehistoric period, the prehistoric cultural heritage of the region is still not widely known in the archaeological world. Having said that, the Tekkeköy-A Shelter excavation conducted by İ.K.Kökten in the 1940s is one of the oldest archaeological research attempts in the region. Owing to Kökten’s archive and chipped stone collection in the Prehistoric Archaeology Laboratory at Ankara University, we have obtained new information about his studies on Tekkeköy. The Tekkeköy-A chipped stone collection is a group of unique finds for the Anatolian Black Sea. This study primarily focuses on the limited number of chipped stones uncovered from the Kökten archive and the Tekkeköy-A Shelter excavation, and the limited number of Black Sea finds.KEYWORDS: Black SeaAnatoliaTekkeköy-Achipped stone Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 I would like to thank my colleague, Dr. Tristan Carter, for his efforts regarding the above-mentioned analyses of origin.2 In order to make a dating analysis of an archaeological site in Turkey, an official excavation permit must be obtained from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey. So, it is not my responsibility that absolute dating is not done in the Tekkeköy excavations. I was able to study the chipped stone collection in the Kökten Archive because it was at the university, not in the state museum.3 Kartal, Citation2002, Citation2003, Citation2009, Citation2011; Otte et al., Citation1995.4 Kartal, Citation2009, Citation2011; Yalçınkaya et al., Citation2016; Taşkıran et al., Citation2017; Taşkıran et al., Citation2018.5 Demirel et al., Citation2019; Demirel et al., Citation2020; Erbil et al., Citation2020; Erbil et al., Citation2021; Kartal, Citation2019; Kartal et al., Citation2020; Kartal, Citation2019.6 Arbuckle & Erek, Citation2010; Erek, Citation2010, Citation2014.7 Baird et al., Citation2013.Additional informationNotes on contributorsMetin KartalMetin Kartal He completed his archaeology education at Ankara University in 1989. His PhD topic is on the Epi-palaeolithic chipped stone assemblages of Öküzini Cave (Antalya-Turkey) and he graduated in 1999. He has been working at Ankara University since 1990. He became a full professor in 2015.