Central Anatolian sites database: 9th - 6th millennia cal BC
Data compiled by Frederic GERARD
Last updated: 26/03/2001
Preliminary note
This sites database should not be considered as exhaustive, but as a presentation of all known sites within the limits of the Central Anatolian hydrological basin, except the ones the coordinates of which are not known. Surface areas are to be taken as estimations only, even if they look like precise measures. Sites are numbered (Damsa (6) for instance), except for the excavated ones plus Hacıbeyli and Ilıcapınar, that are used as landmarks. Names and numbers relate to the CANeW Geoarchaeological maps. All sites are presented in alphabetical order according to their geographical region. Note that the TAY Project publications (Harmankaya et al. 1997; ibid. 1998 and tayproject.eies.itu.edu.tr) were used in establishing this database. References point to the first publication mentioning the site, and to those discussing the site more extensively. Also here, a full bibliography is not aimed at.
ECA - Early Central Anatolia
The Chronological attribution is done according to the CANeW working consensus on a regional chronology for Central Anatolia. The chronological scheme for ECA is subdivided in the following periods:
ECA I: end Pleistocene (?) - late 8th mill. cal BC (= ACN Aceramic Neolithic, or AEN Aceramic Early Neolithic)
Central Anatolia may be split up into the following subregions (where radiocarbon dated sites are underlined):
Aciyer (1), Asikli Höyük, Avla Dag (2), Bitlikeler (3), Bunus (4), Büyük Deliler Tepe (5), Damsa (6), Dededag (7), Degirmenözü (8), Ekinlik (9), Güllüce (10), Hacibeyli, Hantepe (11), Igdeli Çesme (12), Ilbiz (13), Ininönü (14), Kabakulak (15), Kaletepe, Karacaören (16), Kayaardi Tepesi (17), Kösk Höyük, Kumluktepe (18), Musular, Nenezi Dag (19), Nigde-Tepebaglari (20), Pinarbasi-Bor, Sapmaz Köy (21), Selime/Yaprak Hisar (22), Sirçan Tepe (23), Sincirli (24), Taskesti (25), Tepecik-Çiftlik, Toparin Pinar (26), Türbe Tepesi II (27), Yellibelen (28)
Çatal Höyük II (29), Elemenli Höyük (30), Ilicapinar, Küçük Hüseyin Tepesi II (31)
Canhasan I, Canhasan III, Çatalhöyük East, Çatalhöyük West, Çoban Ali Höyük (32), Çomakli (33), Çumra Höyük F (34), Kara Höyük-Güney (35), Kerhane Höyük (36), Keyren Höyük (37), Kizilviran (38), Kocahöyük II (39), Küçükköy (40), Pinarbasi A and B, Reis Tümegi (41), Seydihan (42)
Alan Höyük (43), Balikavi (44), Beysehir Höyük C (45), Bektemür (46), Çem Çem (47), Çukurkent (48), Erbaba, Evregi II (49), Hanvakfi Eski II (50), Homa (51), Kanal Höyük (52), Kasakli Höyük (53), Ortakaraviran-Kuzey (54), Seydisehir Höyük (55), Suberde/Görüklük Tepe, Topraktol (=Hoyran Höyük) (56), Yakaemir (57), Yeniköy Höyük (58), Yilan Höyük (59)
Comment Cappadocia
35 sites whose at least 12 are Aceramic obsidian workshops. Most sites belong to the ECA I and II periods. They are generally located in the volcanic massifs at 1100/1200 till 1750 m altitude.
Comment Tuz Gölü
Only four sites belonging to the ECA III and IV periods are scattered around the salt lakes.
Comment Konya-Eregli area
16 sites mainly representative of the ECA III and IV periods, with few major sites for ECA I and II (Canhasan III, Çatalhöyük East). They all lay in the bottom of the Konya and Eregli plains at 900/1000 m height on average.
Comment Beysehir-Sugla area
19 sites mainly related to the ECA III and IV periods, with very few ECA II sites. All sites lay at about 1100-1200 m altitude.
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