Epipalaeolithic-PPNA hamlet (c.11ky BP) with C-shaped communal auroch-bucrania building — earliest pig management and pre-Göbekli communal architecture, Sason Stream.

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Ziyaret Tepe (Tušhan)

Bronze Age veneer → Neo-Assyrian provincial (Iron Age) · Mitanni → Middle/Neo-Assyrian (Ashurnasirpal II–Ashurbanipal)

Assyrian imperial capital Tušhan (883–611 BCE) — 32 ha citadel + lower town with palace, palace ware and Tigris quay, burned at Median fall, Upper Tigris frontier.

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Norsun Tepe (Norsuntepe)

Late Chalcolithic to MBA (Uruk, EBA, MBA) · Late Uruk → Transcaucasian (Kura-Araxes) → MBA Hurrian

Keban salvage tell with Chalcolithic–MBA stratified sequence — Uruk enclave, Transcaucasian (Karaz) and early Mitanni levels before Euphrates dam flooding.

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Asikli Hoyuk Early Village Cappadocia

Early Neolithic (Aceramic) · Central Anatolian PPN

Asikli Hoyuk Early Village Cappadocia at Aksaray, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Early Neolithic (Aceramic) ancient village of the Central Anatolian PPN tradition, built c.

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Tell Atchana (Ancient Alalakh) Palace Mound

Middle Bronze to Late Bronze to Iron Age (c.2200–700 BCE, peak Levels VII–IV 1480–1270 BCE) · Amorite / Mitanni / Hittite / Mukish (Alalakh, Yamhad dependency)

Palatial mound Tell Atchana (Alalakh, capital of Mukish) 20 ha, 20 m high on Orontes plain: Middle Bronze palace Level VII (Idrimi c.1480 BCE) 80×50 m with archive 200 tablets and throne room with…

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Norsun Tepe Keban Dam Rescue Trench

Early Bronze to Iron (3200 BCE–800 BCE) · EBA → MBA → Hittite → Iron Age (Urartian–Phrygian periphery)

Norsun Tepe Keban Dam Rescue Trench is the southern salvage sector of Norsun Tepe on the southern Altınova plain — one of Hauptmann's Keban rescue tells with an Hittite palace (1600–1350 BCE) burnt…

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Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop

Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Central Anatolian

Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop at Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey is a Palaeolithic to Neolithic ancient village of the Central Anatolian tradition, built c. 7000 BCE for obsidian workshop gollu dag trade.

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Little Hattusa Hilltop South — Hattusa (60-12)

Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic

Little Hattusa Hilltop South — Hattusa (60-12) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village

Tepecik Hoyuk Bor Village Neolithic

Neolithic to EBA · Bor Plain

Tepecik Hoyuk Bor Village Neolithic at Niğde, Tepecik, Turkey is a Neolithic to EBA ancient village of the Bor Plain tradition, built c. 6500 BCE for long sequence village with animal pens.

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Kurban Höyük

Late Chalcolithic (Uruk) through Middle Bronze Age; EBA I–III urban · Uruk → EBA Euphrates urban → MBA Syro-Anatolian

Euphrates bend urban tell (c.3500–1600 BCE) with EBA II–III walled lower town — Chicago Atatürk Dam salvage type-site.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock art

Hattusa — Yazılıkaya Chamber B North Relief

Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age

Hattusa — Yazılıkaya Chamber B North Relief in Çorum, Boğazkale, Hattusa, Turkey is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed…

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Salat Tepe (Salattepe)

PPNB to Late Islamic (8500 BCE–1400 CE) · Upper Tigris PPN → Halaf/Ubaid → Uruk → Mitanni → Assyrian → Islamic

Ilısu rescue mound with PPNB–Mitanni–Assyrian sequence before Tigris inundation.

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Çavi Tarlası

EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian

Çavi Tarlası — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Şanlıurfa Province.

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Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos)

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

Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos) in Denizli, Laodicea, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …

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Patara — Lighthouse Ancillary Wharf North (Lycian)

Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture

Patara — Lighthouse Ancillary Wharf North (Lycian) in Antalya, Kaş, Patara, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to…

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Aphrodisias — Tetrapylon North Pediment

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

Aphrodisias — Tetrapylon North Pediment in Aydın, Karacasu, Aphrodisias, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village

Nevali Çori North Bank — Cult Building Ridge

PPNA to early PPNB (8600–7900 BCE) · PPNB Nemrik-Pre-Pottery Euphrates

PPNB T-pillar cult ridge — 8400 BCE terrazzo temple north bank (Hauptmann).

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Tepecik

Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.3500–2200 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic → Early Transcaucasian/Karabaz

Altınova EBA cemetery-village (c.3500–2200 BCE, 47 cist graves, Karaz ware) by Lake Keban.

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Lidar Höyük

Neolithic → EBA → MBA Karum → LBA → Iron → Medieval (6000 BCE–1500 CE) · Halaf → Euphrates EBA → Assyrian Karum → Mitanni/Hittite

Euphrates peninsula tell (Neolithic–Medieval) — 12 m double mound with Karum tablets, Hauptmann salvage.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works

Dara (Anastasiopolis) — Cistern West Arch

Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture

Dara (Anastasiopolis) — Cistern West Arch in Mardin, Dara, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic cultur…

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Tille Höyük

EB → MBA → LBA → Iron Age → Hellenistic (3000–100 BCE) · Euphratean → Hittite → Neo-Hittite/Assyrian

Euphrates tell (EB–Iron, Hittite-Assyrian) — 18 m island mound, Atatürk Dam salvage type-site.

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Salat Tepe (Salat Cami Yanı)

Late Neolithic to Neo-Assyrian (Ubaid → Assyrian) · Halaf-Ubaid → Uruk → Karaz → Hurrian-Mitanni → Assyrian

Bismil Tigris tell (5500 BCE through Iron) with Ubaid→Assyrian 4 m graded sequence — long agrarian continuity through 5.2 and 4.2kya arid events.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder

Karatepe-Aslantaş

Neo-Hittite / Iron Age (c.720–680 BCE) · Neo-Hittite (Adanawa Quwe) / Phoenician

Neo-Hittite fortified retreat of Azatiwada (late 8th c BCE) on Ceyhan River, Karatepe-Aslantaş preserves two gated circuits with 30+ basalt orthostats showing Late Hittite–Phoenician bilingual…

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Alacahöyük Sphinx Gate South Tower

Hallan Çemi Tepesi

Ziyaret Tepe (Tušhan)

Norsun Tepe (Norsuntepe)

Asikli Hoyuk Early Village Cappadocia

Tell Atchana (Ancient Alalakh) Palace Mound

Norsun Tepe Keban Dam Rescue Trench

Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop

Little Hattusa Hilltop South — Hattusa (60-12)

Tepecik Hoyuk Bor Village Neolithic

Kurban Höyük

Hattusa — Yazılıkaya Chamber B North Relief

Salat Tepe (Salattepe)

Çavi Tarlası

Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos)

Patara — Lighthouse Ancillary Wharf North (Lycian)

Aphrodisias — Tetrapylon North Pediment

Nevali Çori North Bank — Cult Building Ridge

Tepecik

Lidar Höyük

Dara (Anastasiopolis) — Cistern West Arch

Tille Höyük

Salat Tepe (Salat Cami Yanı)

Karatepe-Aslantaş

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