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.
Wikipedia (English) Cafer Höyük
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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.
Cafer Höyük
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Cafer Höyük
settlement
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
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Coordinates following GeoHack.
Imagery location of Cafer Höyük
Pleiades
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Neolithic Period in the Eastern Mediterranean (ca. 10,000-3,300 BC)
The so-called "Neolithic" or "New Stone Age" period as defined in the Eastern portion of the Mediterranean basin, lasting roughly from 10,000 - 3,300 BC. See further: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/artarchaeologyarchitect/g/neolithic.htm [[-10000, -3300]]
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