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Maydos Kilisetepe
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Maydos Kilisetepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
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Beşik-Sivritepe
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Beşik-Sivritepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
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Tepecik (İnegöl)
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Tepecik (İnegöl) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Bursa Province.
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Grek Amele
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Grek Amele — buried prehistoric tell/village at Diyarbakır Province.
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Kaman-Kalehöyük (Çağırkan Central Mound)
Early Bronze through Ottoman (EB, MBA, LBA-Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman) · Central Anatolian → Hittite → Phrygian (Mushki) → Achaemenid
Kaman-Kalehöyük (Çağırkan Central Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Kırşehir Province, Kaman District, Central Anatolia, Turkey — Multi-period town mound controlling Kızılırmak basin…
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Yesemek Basalt Quarry & Sculpture Workshop (Amanos Piedmont)
Hittite Empire through Neo-Hittite (1375–800 BCE) · Hittite → Neo-Hittite Samʾal
Yesemek Basalt Quarry & Sculpture Workshop (Amanos Piedmont) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Amanos foothills, Yesemek village, Turkey — Empire-scale…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Andriake – Silk Road Harbour of Myra, Lycia
Classical to Byzantine (400 BCE – 800 CE) · Lycian / Greek / Roman / Jewish / Christian
Myra's sea-gate where St Paul changed ships — Hadrian Plakoma granary beside 350 m basin now 2.5 km inland from delta silt.
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Kerkenes Dağ (Kerkenes / Pteria)
Iron Age (Median/Phrygian to Lydian-Achaemenid destruction 547 BCE) · Median-Phrygian Cappadocian (Pteria identification)
Kerkenes Dağ (Kerkenes / Pteria) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Yozgat Province, Sorgun–Yozgat upland, Kerkenes granite massif, Turkey — Giant 271 ha Iron Age mountain city — largest…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Kaunos – Silted Harbour of the Carian Port, Dalyan
Archaic to Late Antique (10th c. BCE – 15th c. CE) · Carian / Lycian / Greek / Roman / Byzantine
Carian border port now 8 km inland — 10th c. BCE harbour silted by Dalyan delta and Iztuzu spit after 200 BCE, with intact mooring rings and theatre.
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Tepecik Höyük (Çiftlik / Melendiz Plain)
Aceramic Neolithic through Early Bronze (7000–2700 BCE) · Cappadocian Aceramic → Early Chalcolithic → Late Chalcolithic (Melendiz)
Tepecik Höyük (Çiftlik / Melendiz Plain) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Niğde Province, Çiftlik District, Melendiz plain, Cappadocia, Turkey — Cappadocian Neolithic obsidian-processing…
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Liman Tepe (Urla-Iskele Prehistoric Harbour)
Late Chalcolithic through Roman (Chalcolithic, EB I-III, MBA, Late Bronze, Classical, Roman) · Western Anatolian coastal → Troy I-II contemporary → Mycenaean contact → Ionian Klazomenai
Liman Tepe (Urla-Iskele Prehistoric Harbour) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in İzmir Province, Urla District, Urla-Iskele bay, Turkey — Earliest Aegean harbour town — prehistoric port with…
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Çukuriçi Höyük
Late Neolithic through Early Bronze Age II (c.6700-2750 BCE) · Aegean-Neolithic to Chalcolithic to Western Anatolian EBA
Neolithic-EBA shoreline tell (6680-2750 BCE) at Ephesus — earliest Aegean copper workshop and EBA walled village.
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Höyücek (Höyücek Höyük / Burdur Sanctuary)
Late Neolithic through Early Bronze (6400–2700 BCE) · Burdur–Antalya Late Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic shrine phase → Lakes EBA
Höyücek (Höyücek Höyük / Burdur Sanctuary) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Burdur Province, Bucak District, Burdur–Antalya foothills, Turkey — Neolithic–Chalcolithic sanctuary village with…
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Karatepe-Aslantaş (Azatiwataya) Open-Air Citadel
Iron Age Neo-Hittite (732–650 BCE) with EBA substrate · Neo-Hittite Luwian–Phoenician (Adana plain)
Karatepe-Aslantaş (Azatiwataya) Open-Air Citadel is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Osmaniye Province, Kadirli District, Ceyhan River, Taurus foothills, Turkey — Northern Cilician gateway…
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Elaia – Harbour of Pergamon on the Aeolian Coast
Classical to Byzantine (400 BCE – 1200 CE) · Aeolian Greek / Attalid Pergamene / Roman / Byzantine
Attalid royal harbour — 400 m closed basin 26 km from Pergamon, silted 2nd c. CE as Bakırçay delta prograded; magnetic walls at −1 m.
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Büklükale (Kapalıkaya / Kızılırmak Crossing)
Early Bronze to Iron Age (EBA, Hittite Empire, Early Iron) · Hattian → Hittite → Early Iron Age Central Anatolian
Büklükale (Kapalıkaya / Kızılırmak Crossing) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Kırıkkale Province, Karakeçili District, Kızılırmak bend, Turkey — Hittite military base and westernmost…
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Köşk Höyük (Bor Plain Neolithic Mound)
Late Aceramic Neolithic through Early Bronze (6200–3000 BCE) · Central Anatolian Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic (Bor Plain)
Köşk Höyük (Bor Plain Neolithic Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Niğde Province, Bor District, Central Anatolian plateau, Turkey — Neolithic-Chalcolithic village mound with plastered…
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Alişar Höyük (Alişar Village Mound)
Chalcolithic through Byzantine (Chalcolithic, EBA Karum, Hittite, Phrygian, Byzantine) · Anatolian Chalcolithic → Assyrian Colony (karum) → Hittite → Phrygian
Alişar Höyük (Alişar Village Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Yozgat Province, Sorgun District, Kanak Su valley, Turkey — Fortified karum-colony and Hittite administrative centre on…
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Kuruçay Höyük (Burdur Lakes District)
Late Neolithic through Early Bronze III (6200–2300 BCE) · Burdur Lakes Late Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic → EBA (Kuruçay)
Kuruçay Höyük (Burdur Lakes District) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Burdur Province, Burdur District, Burdur Lake plain, Turkey — Lakes District type-site for Early Bronze fortified…
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Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka)
Late Chalcolithic through Iron Age (Chalcolithic, EBA, Hittite, Iron) · Hattian → Hittite (Tapikka) → Phrygian/Kaska contact
Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Tokat Province, Zile District, Yeşilırmak headwaters, Turkey — Hittite northeastern frontier archive town controlling Kaska…
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Zincirli Höyük (Samʾal) — Iron Age Citadel Northeast
Early Bronze through Iron Age (EBA, MBA, LB, Neo-Hittite Samʾal, Assyrian) · Neo-Hittite Luwian-Aramaean Samʾal → Assyrian province
Zincirli Höyük (Samʾal) — Iron Age Citadel Northeast is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Samʾal plain, Turkey — Aramaean-Neo-Hittite kingdom capital with…
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Tilmen Höyük (Tilmen Palace Mound West Terrace)
Late Chalcolithic through Neo-Hittite (4000–700 BCE) · Amanos piedmont → Yamhad (Alalakh) → Hittite → Neo-Hittite
Tilmen Höyük (Tilmen Palace Mound West Terrace) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Amanos foothills, Turkey — Amanos gateway kingdom capital with MBA…
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Sos Höyük (Pasinler / Upper Euphrates Chalcolithic)
Late Chalcolithic through Iron Age (Chalcolithic, EBA Kura-Araxes, MBA, Iron Urartian) · Caucasian–Kura-Araxes → Eastern Anatolian → Urartian
Sos Höyük (Pasinler / Upper Euphrates Chalcolithic) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Erzurum Province, Pasinler District, Pasinler plain, Turkey — High plateau mound at Euphrates headwaters…
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Alaca Höyük (Royal Tombs Annex Northeast)
Chalcolithic through Byzantine (Chalcolithic, EB III Royal Tombs, Hattian, Hittite, Phrygian) · Hattian (Hamaylı) → Hittite → Phrygian
Alaca Höyük (Royal Tombs Annex Northeast) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Çorum Province, Alaca District, Boğazkale–Alaca ridge, Turkey — Hattian princely necropolis and Hittite cult centre…