Alacahöyük Buried Royal Tomb K
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)·Chalcolithic–EBA·🇹🇷 Çorum, Alacahöyük, Turkey
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About Alacahöyük Buried Royal Tomb K
Alacahöyük Buried Royal Tomb K in Çorum, Alacahöyük, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal mound 220 × 180 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.2340N 34.6960E controls access to Çorum resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tell for Çorum, Alacahöyük, illustrating Chalcolithic–EBA construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Chalcolithic–EBA
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified urban sequence
- Rediscovered
- 1967 survey
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Alacahöyük Buried Royal Tomb K main structure
c. 1907
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1967–2012
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Alacahöyük Buried Royal Tomb K) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.2340° N · 34.6960° E · 129 m · 3 mapped features
- Alacahöyük Buried Royal Tomb K — Main StructurestructurePrincipal tell — Mound 220 × 180 m with diagnostic masonry/panel40.2348° N · 34.6969° E
- Alacahöyük Buried Royal Tomb K — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature40.2330° N · 34.6953° E
- Alacahöyük Buried Royal Tomb K — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial40.2355° N · 34.6972° E
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