Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa)
Titriş N Gate
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇹🇷 Şanlıurfa, Titriş Höyük, Turkey
About
About Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa)
Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa) in Şanlıurfa, Titriş Höyük, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age. Systematic survey and photogrammetry document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal platform and ancillary necropolis. Dimensions insula 28 × 42 m; street grid 120 m × 90 m; area 4.2 ha. Excavation buried; condition buried under 2–5 m alluvium/colluvium. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age buried-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 600 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction technique
- 02Function and labor organization
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape model
- 02Ceremonial centre
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. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Buried urban quarter under later deposits
- Rediscovered
- 1977
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1050 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1920
Antiquarian record, modern excavation from 1960s
c. 1461 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
37.4700° N · 38.6700° E · 600 m · 4 mapped features
Buried Insula North
insulaBuried Insula North at Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa) — insula with stratified deposits
37.4688° N · 38.6725° EStreet Grid Sector
streetStreet Grid Sector at Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa) — street with stratified deposits
37.4692° N · 38.6689° EWorkshop Terrace
workshopWorkshop Terrace at Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa) — workshop with stratified deposits
37.4725° N · 38.6708° ERampart Segment
rampartRampart Segment at Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa) — rampart with stratified deposits
37.4708° N · 38.6692° E