Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore
Gusır Höyük
PPN (9300–8500 BCE)·PPN (Upper Tigris)·🇹🇷 Siirt Province, Botan River, Turkey
About
About Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore
Siirt mound excavated by Karul 2016–, PPN village with anthropomorphic stele, early wheat and ritual bench.
Why it mattersKey PPN (Upper Tigris) tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Ceremonial centre
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. 9300 BCE
- Period
- PPN (9300–8500 BCE)
- Culture
- PPN (Upper Tigris)
- Purpose
- Upper Tigris first farming village with 5 m decorated stele and press floors
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1867
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore
c. 9300 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore
On the ground
Structures & features
38.0120° N · 41.7920° E · 555 m · 3 mapped features
Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore — Principal Palace
palacepalace at Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore — hydraulic feature
38.0138° N · 41.7923° EGusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore — Northern Temple
templetemple at Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore — outlier feature
38.0104° N · 41.7901° EGusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore — Southern Gate
gategate at Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore — primary structure
38.0122° N · 41.7939° E