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Çatalhöyük

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Also known as Catal hüyük, Catal Hüyük, Catal Höyük, Bienvenue dans le presse-papiers Gboard. Le texte que vous copiez est enregistré ici.

Çatalhöyük (English: Chatalhoyuk; , ; ; also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük; from Turkish çatal "fork" + höyük "tumulus") is a tell (a mounded accretion resulting from long-term human settlement) of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5600 BC and flourished around 7000 BC. Çatalhöyük overlooks the Konya Plain, southeast of the present-day city of Konya (ancient Iconium) in Turkey, approximately from the twin-coned volcano of Mount Hasan.

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Çatalhöyük is an ancient mounded settlement in southern Turkey that was one of the largest Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-cities, thriving from around 7500 to 5600 BC. It matters as a major archaeological site that provides insight into one of humanity's earliest large-scale human settlements during the prehistoric period.

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Ancient site.name
Çatalhöyük
Ancient site.image
Çatalhöyük, 7400 BC, Konya, Turkey - UNESCO World Heritage Site, 08.jpg
Ancient site.image_size
300
Ancient site.caption
Ruins of Çatalhöyük
Ancient site.map_type
Turkey#Near East
Ancient site.map_size
300
Ancient site.relief
yes
Ancient site.location
Küçükköy, Konya Province, Turkey
Ancient site.region
Anatolia
Ancient site.type
Settlement
Ancient site.built
c. 7100 BC
Ancient site.epochs
Neolithic Early Chalcolithic, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman
Ancient site.excavations
1961-1965, 1993-1995, 2009-2017
Ancient site.archaeologists
James Mellaart, Ian Hodder
Ancient site.designation1
WHS
Ancient site.designation1_offname
Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük
Ancient site.designation1_date
2012 (36th session)
Ancient site.designation1_number
1405

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9 sections
Contents
  • Archaeology
  • Culture
  • Religion
  • Economy
  • Museum
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Çatalhöyük (English: Chatalhoyuk; , ; ; also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük; from Turkish çatal "fork" + höyük "tumulus") is a tell (a mounded accretion resulting from long-term human settlement) of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5600 BC and flourished around 7000 BC. Çatalhöyük overlooks the Konya Plain, southeast of the present-day city of Konya (ancient Iconium) in Turkey, approximately from the twin-coned volcano of Mount Hasan.

In July 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Çatalhöyük” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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