Beldibi

A rock shelter which gave its name to a Mesolithic or 'Proto-Neolithic' culture succeeding the Belbasi culture in southern Anatolia. Phases contained imported obsidian and early forms of pottery. There is no evidence of food production or herding. Bones of deer, ibex, and cattle occur and subsistence was likely by coastal fishing and the gathering of wild grain.

A rock shelter which has given its name to a Mesolithic or ‘Proto-Neolithic’ culture which succeeds the Belbasi culture in the Antalya region of southern Anatolia. The lower levels belong to the Belbasi culture and rock carvings of a bull and a stag are probably associated with this phase. Later phases contained imported obsidian and, later still, early forms of pottery. There is no evidence in the Beldibi culture of food production or herding. Bones of deer, ibex and cattle occur, while coastal fishing and the gathering of wild grain were probably practised in suitable areas.