Hacılar Höyük
Hacılar Höyük
Neolithic–Chalcolithic (7040–5400 BCE)·Hacılar culture (Lake District)·🇹🇷 Burdur Province, Lake District, Turkey
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About Hacılar Höyük
Hacılar Höyük in Burdur Province, Lake District, Turkey is a Neolithic–Chalcolithic (7040–5400 BCE) tell attributed to Hacılar culture (Lake District). Painted pottery type-site with burnt houses. Stratified deposits with radiocarbon sequence and imported materials trace long-distance exchange. Systematic and rescue excavations exposed houses, fortifications and craft zones preserved as a multi-period tell on aerial imagery.
Why it mattersKey Hacılar culture (Lake District) sequence for Burdur Province, Lake District; defines regional chronology for Neolithic–Chalcolithic.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Phasing precision vs radiocarbon plateau
- 02Ritual vs domestic architecture?
Theories
- 01Regional centre model
- 02ceremonial/territorial marker
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.7040–5400 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic–Chalcolithic (7040–5400 BCE)
- Culture
- Hacılar culture (Lake District)
- Purpose
- Painted pottery type-site with burnt houses
- Rediscovered
- 1982 survey; systematic excavations
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.7040
Village founded on terrace/plain
c.3968 BCE
Peak occupation — plastered houses and painted pottery
2002
Systematic excavations uncover stratigraphy
On the ground
Structures & features
37.6011° N · 30.3686° E · 950 m · 3 mapped features
Hacılar Höyük — Central mound/acropolis
structureMain stratified summit with houses/fortifications and sequence
37.6014° N · 30.3688° EHacılar Höyük — Lower town / extramural area
complexLower town or extramural cemetery/workshop zone
37.6007° N · 30.3689° EHacılar Höyük — Craft / midden quarter
workshopWorkshop or midden with pottery and tools
37.6013° N · 30.3682° E
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