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Surroundings:

Seated Mother Goddess, Çatal Hüyük, ca 6000 BCLeopard seal, ÇatalhöyükBear seal, CatalhöyükBear seal, CatalhöyükÇatalhöyük mural

Location:

  • Türkiye, Çatalhöyük
  • geo:37.667435,32.823112
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -6200~ / -5600~

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=29088

Annotations

Çatalhöyük  consits of two mounds by the Çarşamba River. Çatalhöyük West Mound was occupied from ca 9000 BC.

 

Sources:

  1. James Mellaart, Çatal Hüyük: A Neolithic Town in Anatolia, Thames & Hudson, London, 1967.
  2. Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilizations and Ruins of Turkey from Prehistoric Times Until the End of the Roman Empire, Sec. ed., Istanbul  pp. 3-4
  3. http://www.catalhoyuk.com/site/west_mound

Nearby

Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük

Currently in Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

Çatalhöyük (Catal Hüyük) in Konya Province

Neolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia. Approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC

Çatalhöyük, Bear seal

Çatalhöyük; stamp seals. Bear seal .


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