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13 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Assos Buried Andron House Terrace in Çanakkale, Assos, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Troy Buried Citadel VIh North Bastion in Çanakkale, Hisarlık Troy, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Çatalhöyük South Area Terrace House 89 in Konya, Çatalhöyük South, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Göbekli Tepe Buried Enclosure D Central Pillars in Şanlıurfa, Göbekli Tepe, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Aşıklı Höyük Buried Subfloor Burial Cluster 7 in Aksaray, Aşıklı, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Hacilar Buried Village Level VI House Complex in Burdur, Hacılar, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Kaman-Kalehöyük Buried Early Bronze Cistern in Kırşehir, Kaman, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Kültepe Buried Old Assyrian Archive House 12 in Kayseri, Kültepe, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Smyrna Agora Buried Basilica North Stoa in Izmir, Smyrna Agora, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze (3000–1550 BCE) · Ninevite V → Hurrian → Old Babylonian → Mittani
Giricano Tepe South Lower Town is the 4.2-ha south terrace below the main Early Bronze mound on the upper Tigris west of Ziyaret Tepe.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Medieval (4300 BCE–1400 CE) · Chalcolithic → EB → MBA → Hittite → Hellenistic → Islamic
Lidar Höyük Euphrates Terrace is the 8.5-ha southern alluvial terrace below Lidar Höyük main mound on the Euphrates right bank — excavated by Hauptmann before the Atatürk reservoir rose.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (3800–2300 BCE) · Uruk → Jemdet Nasr → Ninevite V → Early Dynastic
Kurban Höyük Dam Salvage Zone is the 6-ha lower terrace on the Euphrates left bank, salvaged before Atatürk Dam raised the lake 15 m over the valley.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Bronze Age to Commagene Kingdom (3000 BCE–72 CE) · Bronze Age Kummuh → Hittite → Neo-Hittite Kummuh → Commagene (Mithridatic)
Samsat Höyük Submerged Citadel Approach is the drowned approach ramp and lower town of Samosata — capital of Hittite Kummuh and later Commagene Kingdom under Antiochus I.