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Latitude : 37.66°N 37° 40’ 3”N Elevation : 1007 m
Longitude : 32.82°E 32° 49’ 42”E Area : 12 hectares
Age : 9450 ±0 BP   Estimate  
Description : A very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC. It is the largest and best preserved Neolithic site found to date.
Type : Human adaptation Human adaptation
Reported in : THE FIRST CITIES
Why Settle Down? The Mystery of Communities
Michael Balter
Science 20 November 1998:
Vol. 282 no. 5393 p. 1442
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5393.1442
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/282/5393/1442.full
 
 
Seated goddess on a throne flanked by two lionesses
Seated goddess on a throne flanked by two lionesses
 
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Posted : 2011-04-29 21:43:08 2011-04-29 21:43:43
Contact : Ken Wallace
 
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