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Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Southern Extension — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Southern Extension Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell

Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Southern Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Western Terrace — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Western Terrace Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell

Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Western Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Eastern Outlier — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Eastern Outlier Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Eastern Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Northern Annex — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Northern Annex Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Northern Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Southern Extension — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Southern Extension Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Southern Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Western Terrace — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Western Terrace Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Western Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Eastern Outlier — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Eastern Outlier Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Eastern Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Northern Annex — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Northern Annex Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Northern Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Southern Extension — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Southern Extension Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Southern Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Western Terrace — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Western Terrace Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) ancient-village

Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex — Western Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Eastern Outlier — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Eastern Outlier Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) temple-complex

Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Eastern Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Southern Extension — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Southern Extension Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) temple-complex

Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Southern Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Western Terrace — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Western Terrace Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8800 BCE) temple-complex

Gobekli Tepe Enclosure F Annex East — Western Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600-8800 BCE) ancient-village

Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier — Northern Annex — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier — Northern Annex Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600-8800 BCE) ancient-village

Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier — Northern Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) temple-complex

Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Eastern Outlier — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Eastern Outlier Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) temple-complex

Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Eastern Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Northern Annex — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Northern Annex Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) temple-complex

Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Northern Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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