🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Karataş-Semayük
Early Bronze Age I–II (c.3000–2300 BCE) · Early Bronze Lycian (Elmalı-Karataş) → Southwest Anatolian
Lycia's largest EB village with 180 pithos jar cemetery (3000 BCE) at Elmalı.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age I–II (c.3000–2300 BCE) · Early Bronze Lycian (Elmalı-Karataş) → Southwest Anatolian
Lycia's largest EB village with 180 pithos jar cemetery (3000 BCE) at Elmalı.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) · Roman Cilician
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Roman Cilician.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Lycian (5th–4th c BCE) · Lycian Federation (Xanthian)
Letoon — Apollo Temple South Annex in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (5th–4th c BCE) temple-complex attributed to Lycian Federation (Xanthian).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Hellenistic (Tralles)
Tralleis — Aydın Terrace City West Annex in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic (Tralles).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic to Early Neolithic (c.21,000–6000 BCE; intensive 17,000–11,800 cal BP) · Anatolian Epipalaeolithic → Early Neolithic
Epipalaeolithic flagship 900 m from Karain (17–11.8 ka) with engraved plaquettes and marine network.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Medieval (c.4500 BCE–1453 CE; Kura-Araxes from 3500 BCE) · Chalcolithic → Kura-Araxes (Karaz) → Early Transcaucasian → Urartian → Medieval
Transcaucasian gateway mound (4500 BCE–1453 CE) with 6 ka Kura-Araxes to Seljuk sequence at Erzurum.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.6000–2200 BCE) · Amuq → Syro-Cilician
North Amik tell 11 m high (Amuq A–G, Halaf–EB continuity) between Alalakh and Zincirli.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Urartian (685–653 BCE Rusa II) · Urartian (Rusa II of Ayani)
Ayani Fortress — Lake Van Urartu in Van Province, Turkey is a Urartian (685–653 BCE Rusa II) fortress attributed to Urartian (Rusa II of Ayani).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Ubaid-related Late Chalcolithic (c.4200–3400 BCE) · North Mesopotamian Ubaid-related (Değirmentepe) → Late Chalcolithic Transcaucasian
Ubaid tripartite chiefly centre (4200 BCE) copying Mesopotamian temple plan north of Malatya.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) · Can Hasan
Can Hasan Höyük I in Karaman Province, Taurus foothills, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Can Hasan culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) · Seleucid Hellenistic
Nysa — Gymnasium Annex Hill in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid Hellenistic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) · Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) tell attributed to Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Urartian to Medieval (800 BCE–1200 CE) · Urartian then Saltukid
Hasankale — Pasin Fortress in Erzurum Province, Turkey is a Urartian to Medieval (800 BCE–1200 CE) fortress attributed to Urartian then Saltukid.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Medieval (c.5000 BCE–1400 CE; fortified from Early Bronze) · Chalcolithic → Early Bronze (Transcaucasian) → Hittite → Urartian → Roman-Byzantine
Keban rescue fort (7 ka) on Murat River — Transcaucasian EB and Byzantine fort now under reservoir.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Hellenistic Mallus–Magarsus
Magarsus — Athena Magarsia Temple in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) temple-complex attributed to Hellenistic Mallus–Magarsus.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Urartian (850–600 BCE) Argishti II · Urartian
Altintepe — Erzincan Urartian Citadel in Erzincan Province, Turkey is a Urartian (850–600 BCE) Argishti II fortress attributed to Urartian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian
Phellos — Lycian Hill City Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Lycian–Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) · Lycian
Arykanda Eastern Terrace — Arif Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic–Roman (200 BCE–300 CE) · Seleucid
Epiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?) in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (200 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Classical (500 BCE) · Karian–Lycian border
Calynda — Karia-Lycia Border City in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Classical (500 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Karian–Lycian border.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Roman (Claudian 41–54 CE) · Roman Cilician
Claudiopolis — Mut Plateau Temple in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman (Claudian 41–54 CE) temple-complex attributed to Roman Cilician.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian
Gagai — Lycia Coastal Necropolis Annex in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) · Lycian
Idebessos — Lycian Tower City in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Lycian (600–200 BCE) · Lycian
Bonda Tepe — Lycia Highland Sanctuary in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (600–200 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Lycian.