Erbil, EsrefAydin, YavuzSarioglu, Engin KoraySevindik, Yunus EmreTaskiran, Harun2025-07-152025-07-1520252166-35482166-3556https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.13.1-2.0151https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12514/9047Ball & imath;k Cave, situated within the provincial borders of & Idot;zmir in western T & uuml;rkiye, represents a significant archaeological site with Pleistocene deposits dated to the Epipaleolithic period. Recent radiocarbon analyses conducted at TUBITAK-MAM have dated the site to between 11,860 and 10,805 cal. BC. The strategic location of Ball & imath;k Cave provides a unique opportunity to examine cultural interactions between the Aegean islands and contemporary sites in Anatolia. Excavations at the site have yielded a total of 10,520 knapped stone artifacts. This study undertakes a comprehensive techno-typological analysis of these artifacts. Furthermore, the findings are compared with those from Epipaleolithic sites in the northeastern Aegean islands and Anatolia, where similar assemblages have been identified.en10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.13.1-2.0151info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessEpipaleolithicChipped StoneMicrolithBall & ImathK CaveWestern AnatoliaArticle