Siirt ‘royal’ chalcolithic cemetery (3500–3000 BCE) with retainer burials — copper, lapis and earliest gaming set at Uruk fringe, Upper Tigris inequality origin.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Ilıpınar Höyük

Late Neolithic to EBA (Marmara Neolithic, Chalcolithic) · Marmara Neolithic (Fikirtepe) → Late Chalcolithic (İznik) → EBA

Marmara lakeside Neolithic tell (5800–3500 BCE) with waterlogged wooden tools — wattle-daub village, bone sickles, then ditched Chalcolithic mound, İznik Lake type-site.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Seyitömer Höyük

Early Bronze Age I-III to Iron Age; lignite-sealed · Western Anatolian EBA (Yortan-like) → MBA Hittite influence

Western Anatolian EBA proto-urban tell (170×185 m) with EBA I-III fortified town, early tin-bronze and mass burial, rescued ahead of coal mining.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Norsuntepe

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.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tomb

Upper Derinkuyu Temple Central — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-20)

Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic

Upper Derinkuyu Temple Central — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-20) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Early Historic (regional) tomb of the Early Historic tradition, built c.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village

Yesemek Basalt Sculpture Workshop

Late Hittite / Syro-Hittite · Hittite / Neo-Hittite

Yesemek Basalt Sculpture Workshop at Gaziantep, Yesemek, Turkey is a Late Hittite / Syro-Hittite ancient village of the Hittite / Neo-Hittite tradition, built c.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

New Hattusa Temple East — Hattusa (60-29)

Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age

New Hattusa Temple East — Hattusa (60-29) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Bronze Age (regional) contested of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for temple and associated settlement.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Knidos — Round Temple Terrace (Aphrodite Sanctuary)

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture

Knidos — Round Temple Terrace (Aphrodite Sanctuary) in Muğla, Datça, Knidos, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribute…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Carchemish — Inner Town North Gate (Karkamış, Gaziantep)

Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban

Carchemish — Inner Town North Gate (Karkamış, Gaziantep) in Gaziantep, Karkamış, Carchemish, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient …

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

İnandıktepe

Old Hittite to Empire (1650–1200 BCE) · Hittite (Hattic substrate)

Old Hittite cult terrace that produced the four-register Inandik vase (acrobats and goddess).

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Hierapolis — Apollo Temple North Portico (Denizli)

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture

Hierapolis — Apollo Temple North Portico (Denizli) in Denizli, Hierapolis, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus

Gordion — Citadel Gate South (Midas Mound)

Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age

Gordion — Citadel Gate South (Midas Mound) in Ankara, Polatlı, Gordion, Turkey is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Halls…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Fıstıklı Höyük

Halaf → Northern Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE) · Halaf-Ubaid → Uruk fringe

Halaf-Ubaid village (6200–5000 BCE) — 3 ha Euphrates hamlet, Pollock Birecik Dam salvage.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut

Midas City (Yazılıkaya) — Buried Facade North (Phrygia)

Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition

Midas City (Yazılıkaya) — Buried Facade North (Phrygia) in Eskişehir, Yazılıkaya, Midas City, Turkey is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut att…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site

Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos)

Late Bronze Age (c.1320 BCE) Palatial cargo ship 15–16 m · Canaanite (?) mixed Levantine-Mycenaean-Egyptian royal cargo with Uluburun copper/tin 10 t/1 t

Uluburun excavated by Bass & Pulak, 1300 BCE greatest bronze age cargo 10 t copper.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Ancient City of Little-Hunstanton

Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age

Ancient City of Little-Hunstanton in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) ancient city attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Priene Bouleuterion Temple — Athena Precinct Council Sanctuary

Hellenistic (350–150 BCE) with Roman annex · Milesian-Ionian Prieneans under Alexander patron

Council sanctuary with 640-seat Bouleuterion and Augustus calendar stoa 40 m from Athena temple.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress

Van Fortress (Tushpa) — East Bastion

Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture

Van Fortress (Tushpa) — East Bastion in Van, Van Fortress, Turkey is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age fortified cul…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Earthwork

Ditch Stone Mound Complex

Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche

Ditch Stone Mound Complex in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Moche (100–800 CE) earthwork attributed to Moche culture.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Labraunda Zeus Temple — Karian Sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos

Hekatomnid to Roman (351 BCE – 300 CE) · Hekatomnid Karian to Roman Mylasa

Mountain Zeus sanctuary 680 m with Maussollian androns on sacred way from Milas.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12

Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Mideast-Tell

Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 in Turkey Region 12, Turkey is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 107 — Turkey Region 11

Period Classical · Regional culture Mideast-Tell

Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 107 — Turkey Region 11 in Turkey Region 11, Turkey is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.

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Hierapolis Plutonium Shaft

Zeytinli Bahçe Höyük

Başur Höyük

Ilıpınar Höyük

Seyitömer Höyük

Norsuntepe

Upper Derinkuyu Temple Central — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-20)

Yesemek Basalt Sculpture Workshop

New Hattusa Temple East — Hattusa (60-29)

Knidos — Round Temple Terrace (Aphrodite Sanctuary)

Carchemish — Inner Town North Gate (Karkamış, Gaziantep)

İnandıktepe

Hierapolis — Apollo Temple North Portico (Denizli)

Gordion — Citadel Gate South (Midas Mound)

Fıstıklı Höyük

Midas City (Yazılıkaya) — Buried Facade North (Phrygia)

Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos)

Ancient City of Little-Hunstanton

Priene Bouleuterion Temple — Athena Precinct Council Sanctuary

Van Fortress (Tushpa) — East Bastion

Ditch Stone Mound Complex

Labraunda Zeus Temple — Karian Sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos

Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12

Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 107 — Turkey Region 11

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