THE ANATOLIAN MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC - NEW RESEARCH AT KARAIN CAVE

The aims of this report are threefold: (1) to provide new information concerning the Lower and Middle Paleolithic of southern Turkey, (2) to present the shifts in lithic techniques evident in the sequence of Ka rain Cave during these periods, and (3) to demonstrate the significanc e of the new information for interpreting long-distance relations betw een Western Asia and Europe. In fact, in spite of the crucial geograph ic situation of Anatolia between the Near East and Europe, it has rare ly been the subject of intensive excavations and Publications concerni ng the Paleolithic periods. Recently obtained data are therefore of si gnificant interest.