Cafer Höyük

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 03, 2024 10:23 AM — History

A Neolithic settlement located in eastern Turkey. The filling of the reservoir of the Karakaya Dam has flooded the tell. Jacques Cauvin conducted rescue excavations between 1979 and 1986.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/673008674

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.4166, 38.75

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Cafer Höyük (10000 BC - 3300 BC) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Cafer Höyük (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Cafer Höyük makes connections with:

None

Cafer Höyük receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Cafer Höyük

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Cafer Höyük: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/673008674> [accessed: 29 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/673008674 |title=Places: 673008674 (Cafer Höyük) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 29, 2025 8:35 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}