This is Antalya: the venue for the 2023 conference of the ITAA travelextra.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from travelextra.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Kaska probably had both sedentary and non-sedentary segments of their society. Some of them may have practiced pastoralism, while others practiced agriculture and simply interacted with the pastoralists through trade.
The Hittite records imply that, although most Kaska were antagonistic to Hittite governance, some also lived in towns under Hittite occupation. This suggests that there was more than one Kaska faction. This raises the possibility that the Kaska could have originally been more settled, and then later have adopted a semi-nomadic lifestyle due to conflicts with the Hittites.
The sparse archaeological record of the Kaska may also reflect how they lived. The Hittites lived in relatively dense towns and villages. The Kaska, on the other hand, tended to live in small, dispersed settlements in the mountains, and in dwellings that were likely not fully permanent.
The museum was established in 1922 in the historical Kaleici quarter, then moved to Yivli Mosque in 1937 before settling in its present building in the Konyaalti district in 1972.
Shedding light on many periods from the vital period that started with the fossil age to the Ottoman Empire the museum contains 13 display halls, a children s section and open galleries.
It exhibits treasures from the Ottoman and Seljuk periods, marble sarcophagi reflecting the archeology of the region, statues representing gods, emperors, empresses and mythological heroes belonging to the Roman period, as well as jewelry, glass, bronze and ceramic artifacts, and prehistoric items from the Karain Cave.