Çayönü Tepesi is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement in southeastern Turkey which prospered from around 8630 to 6800 BC. It is located in Diyarbakır 40 kilometres northwest of Diyarbakır, 140 kilomet
Cayonu in 2017
Main Upper Mesopotamian Pre-Pottery Neolithic centers, with Çayönü
Çayönü standing stones, around 7500 BC, Diyarbakır Archaeology Museum
Boncuklu Tarla is an archaeological site in Mardin, Turkey. It is the remains of a settlement occupied from the Late Epipalaeolithic to Pre-Pottery Neolithic B periods, starting around 9000 BC. It was
Çayönü
…from Çayönü dated to around 8300-7500 BC were also part of a recent 2025 genetic study, as members of a Mesopotamia Neolithic cluster (together with Boncuklu Tarla and Nemrik 9 samples). In this study, the Mesopotamia Neolithic cluster appeared as a major ancestry of several Levantine and Egyptian Bronze Age…
Neolithic ear and lip ornaments and in-situ skeleton, from Boncuklu Tarla
Grave Goods, Stone Plaque and Belt Buckles, Boncuklu Tarla, Ilisu Dam, Mardin Museum, Turkey
Grave Goods, Stone Necklace, Boncuklu Tarla, Ilisu Dam, Mardin Museum, Turkey