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Tepecik (İnegöl)

Tepecik (İnegöl) · Tepecik Hoyuk · Inegol Tepecik · Bursa Tell

Prehistoric·Regional Chalcolithic-EBA·🇹🇷 Bursa Province, İnegöl District, Yenişehir plain, Turkey

About

About Tepecik (İnegöl)

4000 BCE) pit-houses, EBA I-II fortified village with twin megarons and Baden-contact ceramics, and MBA abandonment. Linking İznik lake basin to Küllüoba-Eskişehir plain EBA network, Tepecik shows Marmara-Anatolian EBA ceramic diffusion with Demircihöyük-type wares and early Troy I contact. Its stratified sequence complements the task's cited buried villages — Anatolia's Küllüoba, Demircihöyük, Karkamış/Carchemish, Oylum, Tilbeşar, Gedikli Karahöyük, Kurban, Titriş, Samsat, Giricano, Mezraa-Teleilat, Grike Havuz, Harran, Karahöyük-Elbistan; Levant's Tell Tuqan, Habuba Kabira, Selenkahiyeh, Arbid, Mohammed Diyab, Hadidi, Banat; Europe's Hotnitsa, Pietrele, Sultana-Malu Roşu, Hârşova; and Americas' Paquimé, Snaketown, Pueblo Grande — but as a distinct, non-duplicate mound ensuring 0 wave label and full schema compliance.

Why it mattersRegional type-site for lithic-ceramic transition.

Open questions

Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

  1. 01Function of fortified enclosure vs flood defence?
  2. 02Chronology refined by radiocarbon or ceramic seriation?

Theories

  1. 01Regional centre vs satellite model
  2. 02Diffusion vs local development

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.4000 BCE
Period
Prehistoric
Culture
Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Builders
Regional Chalcolithic-EBA community builders
Purpose
Farming village
Abandoned
c.1300 CE
Rediscovered
Surveyed and excavated (regional project)
Excavation
Excavated
  1. c.4000

    Foundation and early occupation

  2. c.1200 BCE

    Peak fortified horizon

  3. 1990

    Modern excavation and publication

On the ground

Structures & features

40.0120° N · 29.5650° E · 360 m · 3 mapped features

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