Yunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae
Early Iron Age (1000–700 BCE)·Neo-Hittite / Aramaean funerary (Yunus)·🇹🇷 Gaziantep Province, Turkey
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About Yunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae
Yunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae in Gaziantep Province, Turkey is a Early Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) necropolis attributed to Neo-Hittite / Aramaean funerary (Yunus). Cremation cemetery field with vertical stone slabs 2 km north Carchemish with inscriptions. Woolley Yunus cemetery 800 cremation burials with stone slabs bearing Luwian inscriptions.
Why it mattersKey Neo-Hittite / Aramaean funerary (Yunus) origin village
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Neolithic origins
- 02Halaf sequence refinement
Theories
- 01Pottery origins model
- 02Early village aggregation
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. 900 BCE
- Period
- Early Iron Age (1000–700 BCE)
- Culture
- Neo-Hittite / Aramaean funerary (Yunus)
- Purpose
- Cremation cemetery field with vertical stone slabs 2 km north Carchemish with inscriptions
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 900 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
36.8400° N · 38.0200° E · 350 m · 3 mapped features
Yunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae — Stela Cemetery Field
fieldSlab cemetery
36.8401° N · 38.0201° EYunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae — Outer Town Wall
wallLower town wall of Carchemish
36.8398° N · 38.0202° EYunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae — Road Causeway
causewayCauseway
36.8404° N · 38.0198° E