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🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Hunter-gatherer (PPN A/B)
Hilltop Pre-Pottery Neolithic sanctuary with 8+ circular enclosures defined by T-shaped limestone pillars up to 5.5 m, carved with foxes, vultures, aurochs.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Maydos Kilisetepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Beşik-Sivritepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Tepecik (İnegöl) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Bursa Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Grek Amele — buried prehistoric tell/village at Diyarbakır Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Middle Palaeolithic – Neolithic (70,000–6000 BCE) · Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic
Middle Palaeolithic – Neolithic (70,000–6000 BCE) cave of Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic in Antalya Province, Teke Peninsula (c.70000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Ubaid–Uruk to Iron Age (4500–600 BCE) · Upper Euphrates Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Ubaid–Uruk to Iron Age (4500–600 BCE) tell of Upper Euphrates Chalcolithic–Early Bronze in Adıyaman Province, Samsat Plain (c.4500 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (700 BCE – 600 CE) · Dorian Greek / Carian / Roman / Byzantine
Dorian Myndus — 150 m causeway to Rabbit Island and drowned harbour walls at −3 m in Gümüşlük Bay, walkable at low tide.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Halaf (8500–5500 BCE) · PPNB–Halaf (8500–5500 BCE)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Halaf (8500–5500 BCE) tell of PPNB–Halaf (8500–5500 BCE) in Şanlıurfa Province, Middle Euphrates (c.8500 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Neolithic – Early Chalcolithic (6500–5000 BCE) · Cappadocian Late Neolithic
Late Neolithic – Early Chalcolithic (6500–5000 BCE) tell of Cappadocian Late Neolithic in Nevşehir Province, Cappadocia (c.6500 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Early Bronze III (2800–2300 BCE) · Early Bronze Pontic–Anatolian
Early Bronze III (2800–2300 BCE) tumulus of Early Bronze Pontic–Anatolian in Tokat Province, Erbaa Plain (c.2600 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Roman 180 to Artuqid 1150 CE (Hasankeyf Upper Tigris) · Roman mesopotamia then Artuqid Hasankeyf (Tigris gorge town)
Artuqid 1150/Roman 180 side canal 1.4 km rock-cut 1.2×1.8 m vaulted 700 m with 6 intakes and 5 shaft aqueducts — orchard 12 ha.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock shelter
Epipalaeolithic to Early Neolithic (12000–6500 BCE) · Epipalaeolithic–Neolithic
Epipalaeolithic to Early Neolithic (12000–6500 BCE) rock-shelter of Epipalaeolithic–Neolithic in Antalya Province, Korkuteli (c.12000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Urartian (735–714 BCE) · Urartian (Rusa I)
Urartian (735–714 BCE) fortress of Urartian (Rusa I) in Van Province, Van Plain (c.735 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze I–III (3000–2300 BCE) · Early Bronze Western Anatolian
Early Bronze I–III (3000–2300 BCE) tell of Early Bronze Western Anatolian in Afyon Province, Sandıklı Plain (c.3000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (Urartian Kingdom) · Urartian
Urartian masterpiece (1,720 m, 38°30′37″N 43°21′58″E 38.5103,43.3661; also 38°29′39″N 43°22′48″E Van city) 56 km (35 mi) gravity canal plus aqueducts built by King Menua (r.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Roman Imperial (High Empire) · Roman Phrygia (Aezanitai polis under Rome)
Hadrianic Ionic pseudodipteral 9×15 with intact vaulted cryptoporticus, Phrygian Roman gem.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (4000–1600 BCE) · Middle Bronze Ammian
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (4000–1600 BCE) tell of Middle Bronze Ammian in Şanlıurfa Province, Halfeti (c.4000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Iron Age Urartian (880–780 BCE) · Urartian Early Kingdom
Iron Age Urartian (880–780 BCE) ancient-city of Urartian Early Kingdom in Muș Province, Malazgirt (c.880 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze III – Urartian (2700–600 BCE) · Van–Urmia EB–Urartian
Early Bronze III – Urartian (2700–600 BCE) tell of Van–Urmia EB–Urartian in Van Province, Edremit Plain (c.2700 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Late Classical to Roman (Hellenistic oracle peak) · Colophonian Greek under Persian and later Roman oracle administration
Claros oracular bay temple Ionic prostyle over sacred pool feeding chasm, oracle hydrology.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Early Bronze I–II (3000–2500 BCE) · Troad Early Bronze
Early Bronze I–II (3000–2500 BCE) tumulus of Troad Early Bronze in Çanakkale Province, Troad (c.3000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic – Early Bronze (4000–3000 BCE) · Elazığ–Murat Chalcolithic
Late Chalcolithic – Early Bronze (4000–3000 BCE) tell of Elazığ–Murat Chalcolithic in Elazığ Province, Keban Reservoir (c.4000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock shelter
Epipalaeolithic (14000–9000 BCE) · Epipalaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic (14000–9000 BCE) rock-shelter of Epipalaeolithic in Antalya Province, Kemer (c.14000 BCE).
