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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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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…
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Abu Hureyra, Syria + archaeological evidence for domestication
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In 1963, despite the fact the project would eventually flood dozens of modern villages and ancient sites. The government of Syrian Arab Republic, decided to create dams on upper Euphrates river. Culminating a series of excavation and archaeological rescue operations. Among…
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Neolithic Anatolia, is Turkish: Anadolu. Is also known as Asia Minor, the western extent of Asia
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Its location centralizes between the intersections of Asia and Europe.8000 to 2000 BC timeline and periodization 8000 BC to 6500 BCPre-Pottery Neolithic, 11,000–6900 BCPottery Neolithic, 6900–6400 BCÇatal Höyük, 6900–6500 BC 6500 BC to 5000 BCPottery Neolithic, 6900–6400 BCChalcolithic, 6400–3800 BCHalaf culture,…