Prehistoric Rock Paintings in Latmos (Besparmak) Mountains- Bafa Lake
The Latmos Mountains in the hinterland of the westcoast of Turkey near Milet were one of the holy mountains of Asia Minor. On his peak, which - because of his rounded form- is called in Turkey Tekerlekdag (wheelmountain), has probably from neolithic times on been worshipped the god of weather and rain of Asia Minor. This tradition in cult lasted till the byzantine Middle Ages. In 1994 the first rockpictures of western Asia Minor have been found in this region. Till now the number reaches 170. They spread over a plateau, which is lying before the main mountain range in the west,with a focal point on the terrain between Sögütözü and the Karadere.
The pictures can be found at the faces of little caves and overhangs, mostly near to springs and brooks. In the nearer and farer surroundings no other traces of pre-historic settlements have been found. The constitution of the paintings - only in red color - is very different. For about the half of them one can make statemants about the subjects, the others remain only in little parts of the paintings, partially only in little traces of the color.
In nearly all of the representations humans are shown- hunters and animals and other figures, these paintings have a distinctive style with heads depicted as a flattened 'M'.
*Source: The prehistoric rockpaintings of the Latmos (Besparmak) /Turkey Anneliese Peschlow-Bindokat
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