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Girnavaz Höyük
Late Bronze to Iron Age (1600–600 BCE) · Mitanni → Assyrian
Late Bronze to Iron Age (1600–600 BCE) tell of Mitanni → Assyrian in Mardin Province, Nusaybin Plain (c.1600 BCE).
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Late Bronze to Iron Age (1600–600 BCE) · Mitanni → Assyrian
Late Bronze to Iron Age (1600–600 BCE) tell of Mitanni → Assyrian in Mardin Province, Nusaybin Plain (c.1600 BCE).
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Late Chalcolithic through Roman (Chalcolithic, EB I-III, MBA, Late Bronze, Classical, Roman) · Western Anatolian coastal → Troy I-II contemporary → Mycenaean contact → Ionian Klazomenai
Liman Tepe (Urla-Iskele Prehistoric Harbour) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in İzmir Province, Urla District, Urla-Iskele bay, Turkey — Earliest Aegean harbour town — prehistoric port with…
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Chalcolithic through Byzantine (Chalcolithic, EBA Karum, Hittite, Phrygian, Byzantine) · Anatolian Chalcolithic → Assyrian Colony (karum) → Hittite → Phrygian
Alişar Höyük (Alişar Village Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Yozgat Province, Sorgun District, Kanak Su valley, Turkey — Fortified karum-colony and Hittite administrative centre on…
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Eastern Outlier in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
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Early Bronze through Iron Age (EBA, MBA, LB, Neo-Hittite Samʾal, Assyrian) · Neo-Hittite Luwian-Aramaean Samʾal → Assyrian province
Zincirli Höyük (Samʾal) — Iron Age Citadel Northeast is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Samʾal plain, Turkey — Aramaean-Neo-Hittite kingdom capital with…
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Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Göbekli Tepe Buried Enclosure D Central Pillars in Şanlıurfa, Göbekli Tepe, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
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Late Chalcolithic → EB I–III → MBA (4300–2000 BCE) · Pontic EBA (Kızılırmak Black Sea, Balkan-Caucasus interface)
Black Sea delta cemetery-tell (4300–2000 BCE) — 2400 EBA gifted graves with arsenical copper, Pontic metallurgy nexus.
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Late Chalcolithic through Byzantine; EBA II-III, Hittite, Phrygian, Byzantine · Central Anatolian; Late Chalcolithic, EBA, Hittite Empire, Phrygia
Pleiades Bronze-Iron Age plateau tell (240×140 m) with Chalcolithic to Hittite-Phrygian stratigraphy on Kanak Su, Yozgat — type-site for plateau continuity.
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PPNA through Ubaid (c.9600–5500 BCE); PPNA, PPNB, Halaf, Ubaid · Upper Euphrates Neolithic (Mezraa phase) → Halaf → Ubaid
Neolithic–Halaf Euphrates tell (c.9600–5500 BCE) with PPNA round huts to Halaf painted pottery — Euphrates Neolithic type-site.
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Neolithic through Byzantine; Cilician corridor · Cilician Neolithic → Hittite Kizzuwatna → Neo-Hittite Que → Greco-Roman
Mersin coastal tell with 25 m deposit from Aceramic Neolithic (7000 BCE) to Roman — Garstang’s Cilician Neolithic–Hittite maritime gateway sequence.
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Middle Bronze to Iron Age (2000–700 BCE; peak Hittite 1500–1180 BCE) · Hattian → Old Assyrian karum → Hittite → Kaška/Phrygian
Confirmed Šamuḫa on upper Kızılırmak — palace archive and Storm-God cult city of Empire zenith.
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Neolithic–Late Chalcolithic (6000–3200 BCE) · Central Anatolian (Cappadocian) Neolithic–Chalcolithic
Bor Plateau Neolithic village with painted floors, earliest copper and plastered skulls.
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Chalcolithic–Iron Age (c.4000–800 BCE) · Ubaid → Early Transcaucasian → Hurrian → Hittite → Urartian hinterland
Keban rescue tell (Ubaid–Iron Age, 35 m high, EBA palace) now submerged under Lake Keban.
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Early Central Anatolian Aceramic/Early Ceramic Neolithic · Central Anatolian Neolithic (Konya Plain local)
PPN ancestor of Çatalhöyük — oval wattle-and-daub houses with bead-rich burials marking early sedentary foragers.
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Early Neolithic · Aegean Neolithic
Ulucak Hoyuk Izmir Aegean Neolithic at Izmir, Kemalpaşa, Turkey is a Early Neolithic ancient village of the Aegean Neolithic tradition, built c. 6400 BCE for westernmost aegean neolithic tell.
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EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Hassek Höyük — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Şanlıurfa Province.
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PPNA to Early PPNB · Upper Tigris PPN (Göbekli sphere northern fringe)
Upper Tigris PPNA village with three T-pillar buildings and skull cult, salvage-saved from Ambar Dam.
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Late Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (3500–1550 BCE) · North Syrian Chalcolithic → EBA Amuq → MBA Yamhad/Alalakh
Gedikli Karahöyük North Mound is the northern satellite of the Gedikli Karahöyük complex on the Islahiye plain — famed for its 200-grave EBA cemetery linking Amuq–Cilicia–Euphrates.
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EBA through Iron Age; MBA peak · Yamhad (Aleppo) vassal; Syro-Hittite → Assyrian
MBA palace city (Zalwar?) with basalt lion gate, cuneiform archive and planned lower town — Yamhad-period vassal capital in Islahiye corridor.
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Middle Bronze to Byzantine (2000 BCE–1100 CE; peak LBA–Iron) · Hittite → Syro-Hittite → Phrygian → Neo-Assyrian → Hellenistic
Gates-fort of Cilicia — Hittite to Byzantine 12 ha casemate island tell.
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Halaf to Medieval Islamic (6000 BCE–1300 CE; peak EBA–MBA) · Halaf → Ubaid → EBA Karababa → Neo-Hittite → Medieval
Deep Euphrates salvage sequence — Halaf to Medieval fort (12 m deposit).
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Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB Levantine (Amuq F–G)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB Levantine (Amuq F–G) tell at Kilis Province – eb hamlet on basalt ridge south of oylum (dims Mound 100×80 m, 6 m EB).
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EBA → MBA → LBA → Phrygian → Persian (2600–500 BCE) · Anatolian EBA → Assyrian Colony fringe → Phrygian
EBA–Iron steppe tell (2600–500 BCE) — Haymana corridor walled town, Gordion-Hattusa buffer.
