Akarçay Tepe Höyük
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Dec 12, 2025 04:02 PM
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History
Akarçay Tepe Höyük, a settlement of the eighth and seventh millennia BCE located to the east of the Euphrates River in the immediate vicinity of the Syrian border near the Turkish village of Akarçay in the Birecik district of the province of Şanlıurfa. The site lies on the south bank of the Su Deresi stream, which flows west into the Euphrates River.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/968351378
36.918100762, 38.0213920006
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Akarçay Tepe Höyük (10000 BC - 3300 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Akarçay Höyük (10000 BC - 3300 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Akarçay Tepe Höyük: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/968351378> [accessed: 20 July 2026]
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