Dolmen de Howe Ras
Howe Ras
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE)·Iron Age·🇹🇷 Central Anatolia, Turkey
About
About Dolmen de Howe Ras
Dolmen de Howe Ras in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematically investigated through magnetometry and fieldwalking, it presents a principal enclosure with ancillary settlement. Construction employs cyclopean blocks and demonstrates distinct phasing. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Iron Age megalithic with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization and logistics
- 02Ritual use and symbolic landscape
Theories
- 01Astronomical observatory and calendar
- 02Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
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. 412 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Iron Age
- Purpose
- Necropolis and ritual
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 412 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 479 BCE
Secondary construction phase
c. 183 CE
Abandonment and gradual burial
1952
Archaeological identification via aerial survey
On the ground
Structures & features
38.4016° N · 33.7764° E · 271 m · 3 mapped features
Necropolis Extension
cisternHydraulic feature — aqueduct
38.4017° N · 33.7756° EPrincipal Monument
cairnHydraulic feature — cistern
38.3998° N · 33.7791° EAltar
rampartPrimary megalithic at Dolmen de Howe Ras — enclosure wall
38.4037° N · 33.7780° E