Kumtepe
Sign in to saveKumtepe is the oldest permanent settlement in the Troad, the region in northwestern Anatolia, where later Troy was built. Kumtepe has four layers, Kumtepe IA, IB, IC and II. The last two have been largely disturbed in the twentieth century. The remaining and relatively undisturbed IA and IB are of special interest to the archaeologists, because these are older than other settlements in the region.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in TR, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Kumtepe is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to copper, geographic coordinate system and Troy.
Vinony files it under Archaeological sites in the Marmara region, Çanakkale Province and Neolithic sites of Asia.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Çanakkale Merkez
- Region
- Canakkale
- Country
- Türkiye
- Population
- 1,061
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Kumtepe is the oldest permanent settlement in the Troad, the region in northwestern Anatolia, where later Troy was built. Kumtepe has four layers, Kumtepe IA, IB, IC and II. The last two have been largely disturbed in the twentieth century. The remaining and relatively undisturbed IA and IB are of special interest to the archaeologists, because these are older than other settlements in the region.
Around 4800 BC the first settlement in Kumtepe was founded. The inhabitants lived on fishing, and their diet included oysters. The dead were buried, but without grave gifts. Although Kumtepe belongs to Neolithic, the occupants used also copper. Around 4500 BC the settlement was abandoned.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kumtepe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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