Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills

Why it mattersSayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills at Adıyaman, Sayburc, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic rock art of the Taş Tepeler PPN tradition, built c. 9000 BCE for bedrock n

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Built

c. 9000 BCE

Period

Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Culture

Taş Tepeler PPN

Purpose

Bedrock narrative relief human/animal/leopard

Excavation

Excavation ongoing

1. c. 9000 BCE

   Initial construction / first occupation at Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills

2. 19th–20th century

   Excavation and research at Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills

• Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills Main Rock-Art Feature

  rock art

  Primary rock-art feature at Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills – central bedrock narrative relief human/animal/leopard element with stratified deposits

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• Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills Secondary Enclosure

  enclosure

  Ancillary enclosure/wall line at Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills defining settlement or ritual space

  37.3869° N · 37.4501° E

• Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills Outlier Rock Art Panel

  rock art

  Outlier cup-mark/petroglyph panel linked to Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills ceremonial landscape

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• Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills Reservoir Cistern

  hydraulic

  Rock-cut cistern/reservoir for water management

  37.3869° N · 37.4499° E