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Mound | |||||
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Altitude:
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903 m | |||||
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Central Anatolia | |||||
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Province:
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Konya | |||||
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Çumra | |||||
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Village:
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Küçükköy | |||||
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Destruction :
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Agriculture | |||||
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Visited - 29/8/2002 | |||||
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Registration State:
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Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
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| Location: The site lies 52 km southeast of the city of Konya; approximately 11 km north of Çumra District; approximately 2 km south of Küçükköy; 2 km north of the town of Hayiroglu. Of the two mounds; the one at the east was settled in Neolithic Age; the other one at the west was settled in the Chalcolithic Age [Harmankaya et al. 1997:Çatalhöyük East]. |
| Geography and Environment: The highest point of Western Çatalhöyük; which was settled after people left the Neolithic Age settlement at the Eastern Çatalhöyük; is 6 m above the level of the plain that is 1004 m above the sea level. Its diameter is approximately 300 m. The northwestern part of the mound is cut by a road; and the northeastern part by an old river bed replaced by a channel. Another reason why its dimensions cannot be exactly understood is that the mound is partly surrounded by alluvium like in Eastern Çatalhöyük. According to the researches; Western Çatalhöyük covers an area of 6.9 hectares. This is 8.5 hectares when the find distribution at the level of the alluvium is considered [ Pollard et al. 1996:61-63; 71]. |
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