Direkli Cave is an Epipaleolithic (Upper Paleolithuc) hunters-gathers site. It was discovered in 1958 by I. E. Kokten and explored in 1958.
See:
- Benjamin Arbuckle, Cevdet Merih Erek: Late Epipaleolithic hunters of the central Taurus: Faunal remains from Direkli Cave, Kahramanmaraş, TurkeyLate Epipaleolithic hunters of the central Taurus: Faunal remains from Direkli Cave, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey; International Journal of Osteoarchaeology , 2010 - https://www.academia.edu/921654
- Cevdet Merih Erek, Direkli Cave: The Significance of Fire and Female Figurines in the Paleo-Landscape during the Epi-paleolithic Period, pp, 151-163 - https://www.academia.edu/12002845
- http://arkeofili.com/direkli-magarasinda-12-500-yillik-yuvarlak-yapilar-bulundu/
- http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=23816
- Daniel T. Potts, A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, John Wiley & Sons 2015, p. 148