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Palaeolithic Populations in Armenia and Turkey: Expanding Archaeological Understanding

 Coordinatore MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY 

 Organization address address: DUMLUPINAR BULVARI 1
city: ANKARA
postcode: 6800

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Irem
Cognome: Dikmen Toker
Email: send email
Telefono: +90 312 2104134
Fax: +90 312 2107992

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Turkey [TR]
 Totale costo 166˙336 €
 EC contributo 166˙336 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF
 Funding Scheme MC-IIF
 Anno di inizio 2013
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2013-09-15   -   2015-09-14

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

 Organization address address: DUMLUPINAR BULVARI 1
city: ANKARA
postcode: 6800

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Irem
Cognome: Dikmen Toker
Email: send email
Telefono: +90 312 2104134
Fax: +90 312 2107992

TR (ANKARA) coordinator 166˙336.20

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dynamics    regionally    regions    dispersals    armenia    regional    turkey    archaeological    data    theories    deposits    middle    hominin    population    land    populations    geographically    distinct    laboratory    palaeolithic    patterns    behavior   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The proposed multi-disciplinary project investigates hominin behavior during the Middle Pleistocene in Turkey and Armenia in terms of regional hominin behavior patterns, population dynamics, and dispersals. Based on available fossil data, recent studies on Eurasian hominin dispersals hypothesize ‘source’ areas for populations, including the Balkans, the Levant, and Central Asia. Lying geographically between these areas, Anatolia and the southern Caucasus are two crucial regions for understanding hominin population dynamics and dispersals. However, due to biased research intensity the regions still represent knowledge gaps in the Palaeolithic database. The main objective of the proposed research is to generate new archaeological data for the Middle Palaeolithic in Turkey and Armenia. The research seeks to integrate regional archaeological data into theories on hominin population dynamics. Preliminary archaeological data from upland open-air sites in Turkey and Armenia suggest regionally distinct patterns in technology and land use, and may indicate complex population dynamics, involving geographically isolated populations and local extinctions. In the proposed research, regionally distinct patterns in technology and land use are viewed in terms of ‘culturally mediated’ structured metapopulations. Research methods include: analyzing artifact techno-typology in two comparative regions of Turkey and Armenia; experimental archaeology; mapping and excavating archaeological deposits; studying archaeological site formation using field and laboratory methods; chronometric dating and sampling of archaeological deposits using a variety of techniques. Data generated in this project will aid comparison with more intensely studied regions of Eurasia, will refine theories on hominin population dynamics, and expand knowledge of human evolution. The applicant will transfer knowledge to the ERA through teaching, collaborative laboratory and fieldwork, and outreach activities.'

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