Çayönü
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 08, 2016 11:07 AM
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History
Çayönü was a Neolithic settlement located in southern Turkey. Its remains date ca. 7200 to 6600 BC. The site spans the entire Pre-pottery Neolithic sequence and recent investigations suggest that Çayönü may be the site of the first domestication of the pig (Sus scrofa).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/75292543
38.2183444, 39.726875
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Çayönü (10000 BC - 3300 BC)
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- See Further:
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- Braidwood, R. J. 1974. "Beginnings of Village-Farming Communites in Southeastertn Turkey - 1972." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 71.2,S.: 568-572
- Ervynck, A. et al. 2001. "Evidence for the Status of "Sus scrofa" at Neolithic Çayönü Tepesi (Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey)." Paléorient 27.2:47-73.
- Wikipedia (English) Çayönü
- ÖZDOGAN, M. and A. ÖZDOĞAN. 1989. "CAYÖNÜ: A Conspectus of Recent Work." Paléorient 15.1:65-74.
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Çayönü: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/75292543> [accessed: 02 October 2023]
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