Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Submerged-Variant·🇹🇷 Turkey Region 11, Turkey
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About Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11
Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11 in Turkey Region 11, Turkey is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Submerged-Variant submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Elite residence
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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Submerged-Variant
- Purpose
- submerged-city ritual/settlement purpose for Submerged-Variant
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1942
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11
On the ground
Structures & features
35.5924° N · 18.8189° E · 453 m · 3 mapped features
Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11 — Principal Harbour
harbourharbour at Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11 — primary structure
35.5922° N · 18.8192° EFortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11 — Northern Wall
wallwall at Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11 — subsidiary complex
35.5922° N · 18.8209° EFortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11 — Southern Temple
templetemple at Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11 — subsidiary complex
35.5918° N · 18.8181° E