In the Aegean province of Izmir in Turkey, scientists have recently uncovered figurines that date back to around 5700 BC. The figurines are believed to depict a male-female pair and a child.
Özlem Çevik, an archaeologist at Trakya University, is leading a team of excavators at the Ulucak Mound in Izmir’s Kemalpasa district. The site has a rich history dating back 8,500 years, and they have been conducting ongoing excavations there.
Noting that they came across significant findings in this year’s excavations, she explained that “the figurines were found in a space we thought was a storage area and are dated to around 5700 BC. They appear to be a female and male pair, with the female holding a baby in her lap.”
Çevik added: “Their hat-like headgear is quite different from the figurines found in Ulucak so far and has no known equivalents in Anatolia.”
The figurines were made of baked clay and clay materials.
