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Shillourokambos is Σιλλουρόκαμπος. An archaeological site in Cyprus. It provides valuable insights into the aceramic neolithic period. Some say, the domestication of cat may have even taken place here
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Pre-pottery neolithic (PPN), is an early phase of the neolithic period, characterized by the use of stone tools. In the eastern Mediterranean, on the southern coast of Cyprus island. In the absence of pottery; agriculture, and a bunch of other things…
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Hacilar is a neolithic site in SW Turkey. Where an assortment of very good pottery was found. Dating to over 9000 years ago
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Dated back to 7040 bc. And, up to 11 levels. Ceramics show similar to Half. Around same period. They were producing high quality pottery ceramics. Similarity in figures. Architecture was unique and ahead of its time tooTo prevent damage including flooding…
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The Jarmo site is located in the Zagros mountains of northern Iraq. It’s considered one of the most important neolithic sites. In the ‘hilly flanks’, ‘fertile crescent’, & near east. It is placed among the earliest sites. Where humans transitioned, from a primarily hunter-gatherer lifestyle, to one based on agriculture
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In a belt of oak and pistachio woodlands. At an altitude of 800 m above sea-level. Lies a beautiful prehistoric community in the Adhaim river watershed. Excavations revealed that Jarmo was an agricultural community dating back to more than 9000 years…
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Its name is ‘fork mound’ in Turkish. Çatalhöyük is one of the oldest densely packed settlements. Dating back more than 9000 years. To the neolithic era
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Many years ago. About 1000 feet east of a Byzantine settlement. Quite a large tell (or mound) was observed. Located in central Turkeys Konya plainIn 1958, and later again between 1961 and 1965, James Mellaart led an excavation. Over 91 acres…
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Hilly Flanks is the area surrounding the fertile crescent. 10,000 years ago, agriculture may have originated here. Including in the Zargos, and Taurus mountains and there Highlands
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A gentle man named Robert Braidwood, coined the ‘hilly flanks’ term shortly after WW2He had done the un-ordinary. Purposing the neolithic revolution had begin in these areas. Because some of these areas may have received enough rainfall naturally. And, from snowfall.…
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In central Cappadocia, a neolithic sites name translates to ‘Achilles Mound’ in Turkish. Aşıklı Höyük and its architecture provide an 10,000 year old snapshot
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Near the centre of Turkey, in Aksaray province. Excavations have revealed crucial information on the history of brain surgery, early mining, astounding craftsmanship; and human transitions from nomadic to sedentary lifestylesA major transition in human history. It was first settled in…
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Göbekli Tepe maybe older than we think
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A big neolithic archaeological site exists in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Göbekli Tepe, or in english ‘bellied top’. Is believed to be inhabited from around 11500 years to 10000 ago. During pre-pottery neolithic. It is known for the worlds…
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Urfa man, known as Şanlıurfa Man or Balıklıgöl Statue
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In south eastern Turkey, a series of ancient sculptures and statues were discovered. In the former upper Mesopotamia. What is now the city of Şanlıurfa, and, formerly UrfaThese sculptures, believed to originate around 9000 BC. Were in the period of pre-pottery…
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The Huleh (or Hula) neolithic site is archaeological findings & remains in the Hula Valley. Located in the northern part of Israel
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > This region was once a shallow freshwater lake but was drained in the early 20th century to reduce the incidence of malaria. After the draining of the Hula Lake, archaeological excavations revealed evidence of ancient settlements dating back to the neolithic…
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Cyprus has a strategic location that helped during the neolithic age, which lasted from 8700 to 3800 BC
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > The island of Cyprus’s oldest evidence of a neolithic settlement is dated to 8800–8600 BC (1) During the neolithic period, the island’s inhabitants transitioned from being mostly hunters and gatherers, to primarily agriculturalistsThe period saw the beginning of sedentary settlements, and…