2002 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Mineral Deposits of Turkey
Author : T. Engin
Published in: Mineral Resource Base of the Southern Caucasus and Systems for its Management in the XXI Century
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Archaeological studies show that history of mining in Turkey goes back to 7000 BC. Mining appears to have played an important part in the development of the ancient civilizations in Anatolia, such as those of Phoenicians, Hittites, Phrygians, and Lydians. Some mines operating even now in Turkey were originally discovered and mined by the people of the ancient civilizations.