Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Mideast-Tell·🇹🇷 Turkey Region 12, Turkey
About
About Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12
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. Recorded context — Period: Period Late Holocene; Culture: Regional culture Mideast-Tell; Field status: excavated; Materials: basalt, plaster; Condition: partially preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Mideast-Tell tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Observatory
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. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Mideast-Tell
- Purpose
- tell ritual/settlement purpose for Mideast-Tell
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1988
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12
On the ground
Structures & features
11.7069° S · 9.7598° E · 1561 m · 4 mapped features
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — Principal Palacepalacepalace at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — outlier feature11.7061° S · 9.7587° E
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — Northern Templetempletemple at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — primary structure11.7068° S · 9.7595° E
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — Southern Gategategate at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — primary structure11.7065° S · 9.7607° E
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — Eastern Palacepalacepalace at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — primary structure11.7064° S · 9.7610° E