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Hisarlik is Turkish for ‘place of fortresses’, and to many the site of ancient Troy
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in what was known as Anatolia. Hissarlik, is the Turkish name for an ancient city. It is part of Çanakkale, TurkeyAn artificial hill, or tell. Is elevated in layers, over an original site. In the early to mid 19th century,…
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Nevalı Çori is a strange neolithic site. Where houses had underfloor channels. In the Ataturk damn region. SE Turkey. It is no longer visible and underwater
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Nevalı Çori is a neolithic site. Where houses had underfloor channels. In the Ataturk damn region. SE Turkey. It is no longer visible and underwater Şanlıurfa Province, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. In the SE is one of the earliest, most significant neolithic…
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Çayönü Tepesi is a neolithic settlement in SE Turkey. It is northern Mesopotamia, at the foot of the Taurus mountains
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Çayönü Tepesi is a neolithic settlement in SE Turkey. It is northern Mesopotamia, at the foot of the Taurus mountains Another important archaeological site from the neolithic period exists. Located in SE Turkey. At the top of the Fertile crescentThis site…
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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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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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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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Some of Turkeys popular neolithic architecture
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > About 7300 BC Carving from 7300 BC: Neolithic Hunters Attacking an Auroch Çatalhöyük is in southern Anatolia, and existed from 7100 BC to 5700 BC. It flourished around 7000 BC. Much is located overlooking the Konya Plain, southeast of the present-day…
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