Maps of Burdur - Burdur Map, Turkey
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Burdur
The various historic resources and archeological findings indicate that the first settlement of mankind in the Burdur region which was called as Pisidia in the ancient ages extends to the Paleolithic Age. According to the rock paintings discovered at the Baskuyu village of Yesilova district, the presence of mankind in the Paleolithic Age was definitely determined.
At the excavations executed in the Hacilar Village, the layers between IX-VI (BC 5400) are determined. This age is named "Non - Ceramic Neolithic" which is dated to BC 7th thousand is the age in which the mankind domesticated the animals, founded villages and learned to produce pottery and passed to productivity from collectivity and therefore bounded to a specific land. The discovered mother goddess figurines and human face depicted potteries hold an important place among the archeology of the world. The region had entered under the dominance of Frigian, Roman, Bergama Kingdom and Byzantine civilizations. In the later periods, the reign of Seljukians, Hamitogullari and Ottomans are known.
