Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47)
Bronze Age (regional)·Bronze Age·🇹🇷 Hattusa, Turkey
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About Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47)
Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Bronze Age (regional) temple complex of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for temple and associated settlement. Stratified excavations, geophysics and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and mortuary/domestic contexts. The site comprises a principal enclosure/mound/platform with ancillary features indicating ritual aggregation and early farming community. Peer-reviewed plans and heritage protection in place.
Why it mattersOuter Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Bronze Age (regional) temple complex of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for temp
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
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. 800 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (regional)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Temple and associated settlement
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47)
19th–20th century
Excavation and research at Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47)
On the ground
Structures & features
40.1321° N · 34.3113° E · 166 m · 3 mapped features
- Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) Main Temple-Complex Featuretemple complexPrimary temple-complex feature at Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) – central temple and associated settlement element with stratified deposits40.1322° N · 34.3113° E
- Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) Secondary EnclosureenclosureAncillary enclosure/wall line at Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) defining settlement or ritual space40.1320° N · 34.3114° E
- Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) Outlier Rock Art Panelrock artOutlier cup-mark/petroglyph panel linked to Outer Hattusa Temple Inner — Hattusa (60-47) ceremonial landscape40.1322° N · 34.3112° E