The lithostratigraphy of four sediment outcrops in the Lower Geyikli Basin and in the topographical constriction between the Aegean Coastal Plain and the Bak?r?ay Valley shows that during the past ca. 1950 years, the Lower Geyikli Valley was inhabited by a braided river with a highly dynamic depositional system. Sedimentation totalled about 4-6?m in the past 1950 years, indicating a ¡°drowning¡± of the landscape in terrestrial sediments. In recent times, gravel mining has led to a deformation of the valley floor, and the Geyikli's fluvial terrace has become inactive. The lack of any sediment related to a Paleo-Gulf or a Paleo-Lake inside the Bak?r?ay Basin, as well as the lack of any sediments of a northern Paleo-Bak?r?ay, documents that the ¡°D?rpfeld Scenario¡± does not apply for the past 1950 years. Archaeological findings show that the Geyikli Basin was intensively settled in historic times, but there is no evidence that the Geyikli Basin was anthropogenically deformed in a way that could have contributed to the ¡°D?rpfeld Scenario¡±.