Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1
Period Neolithic·Regional culture Submerged-Variant·🇹🇷 Turkey Region 1, Turkey
About
About Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1
Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 in Turkey Region 1, Turkey is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Submerged-Variant submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Territorial 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. 800 CE
- Period
- Period Neolithic
- Culture
- Regional culture Submerged-Variant
- Purpose
- submerged-city ritual/settlement purpose for Submerged-Variant
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1975
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1
On the ground
Structures & features
7.0973° S · 18.8861° E · 651 m · 4 mapped features
Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 — Principal Harbour
harbourharbour at Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 — hydraulic feature
7.0969° S · 18.8864° ETell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 — Northern Wall
wallwall at Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 — subsidiary complex
7.0986° S · 18.8866° ETell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 — Temple Annex 3
templetemple at Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 — outlier feature
7.0971° S · 18.8861° ETell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 — Eastern Harbour
harbourharbour at Tell of Painted Ware Submerged 49 — Turkey Region 1 — primary structure
7.0959° S · 18.8866° E