Çayönü
Sign in to saveÇayönü Tepesi is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement in southeastern Turkey which prospered from circa 8,630 to 6,800 BC. It is located in Diyarbakır Province forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, one hundred and forty kilometres north-east of Şanlıurfa, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. It lies near the Boğazçay, a tributary of the upper Tigris River and the Bestakot, an intermittent stream. It is an early example of agriculture.
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- Ancient site.name
- Çayönü
- Ancient site.image
- Çayonu.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 300
- Ancient site.caption
- The site of Çayönü, in southeastern Turkey
- Ancient site.map_type
- Near East#Turkey
- Ancient site.map_size
- 300
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Diyarbakır Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.built
- 8,630 BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 6,800 BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Neolithic
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12 sectionsContents
- Settlement
- Archaeology
- Origin of domestication
- Animal life – domestication of pigs and cattle
- Farming – cultivation of cereals
- Genetics
- Origins
- Diffusion
- See also
- Sources
- Notes
- External links
Çayönü Tepesi is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement in southeastern Turkey which prospered from circa 8,630 to 6,800 BC. It is located in Diyarbakır Province forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, one hundred and forty kilometres north-east of Şanlıurfa, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. It lies near the Boğazçay, a tributary of the upper Tigris River and the Bestakot, an intermittent stream. It is an early example of agriculture.
Çayönü Tepesi belongs to the "Taş Tepeler" monumental tradition of Göbekli Tepe, a style found in all the Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites of the Urfa region. There are some variations though, such as using decorated stelae, but without the characteristic T-shape of Göbekli Tepe.