Palaeolithic
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During these ages between 600000-8000 B.C. and also named as the Old Stone Age and the Middle Stone Age, man survived by gathering and they Middle Stone Age, man survived by gathering and they made tools and weapons of stone. Important finds related to this period are in the settlement centers in Karain, Kadiini, Okuzini, Beldibi and Belbasi in Antalya region and in Sehremuz near Adiyaman, in Duluk near Gaziantep.
Neolithic Age
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The distinguishing characteristic of this age between 8000-5000 B.C. is the start of production, farming and animal husbandry. Man in this age, left the caves and began to live in stone and mudbrick dwellings. The most important finds related to the Neolithic Age in Anatolia are in Catalhoyuk.
Chalcolithic Age
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In this age covering the years between 5000-3000 B.C., man started to make pottery of baked clay and to decorate the ceramics. This is understood from the excavation finds in settlement centers such as Hacilar, Can Hasan, Yumuktepe, Gozlukule, Beycesultan, Alisar, Alacahoyuk. Relations with Mesopotamia developed by way of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.