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The Stone Age is the longest period in human history and is regarded as an era in which humans had not yet developed writing and were refining fundamental survival skills. It derives its name from the widespread use of stone as a material in tool production during this time. Hunting and gathering were the primary means of subsistence. This period holds critical importance in terms of human evolution, technological advancement, and the formation of social structures.Stone AgePeriodic Classificati

Şanlıurfa-Yeni Mahalle Excavation: Opening a Door to the Stone AgeHave you ever heard of an ancient story buried beneath the soil? Have you ever wondered how people lived thousands of years ago and what they did? Archaeologists, scientists who uncover ancient objects and homes buried in the earth, dig to bring these old stories to light.Şanlıurfa, located in southeastern Türkiye, is a special city that holds many such stories. One of them is the Şanlıurfa-Yeni Mahalle Mound, situated near the ce

Near Eastern Village Model is a conceptual framework used to describe the first permanent village settlements that emerged in the Near East during the Neolithic period, along with their spatial organization and architectural transformation. Mehmet Özdoğan defined this model based on the emergence of distinct residential areas, workshops, storage units, spaces designated for ritual, and public structures within a unified settlement pattern following the advent of sedentary life.【1】The geographica

Karahantepe Archaeological Site is located approximately 55 km east of Şanlıurfa province in Southeastern Anatolia, Türkiye, within the boundaries of the Tek Tek Mountains National Park. The site is situated on a limestone plateau. The Tek Tek Mountains form a low, 60-kilometer-long plateau extending between the Harran and Viranşehir plains, rising to 761 meters above sea level in the north and descending below 500 meters in the south.Discovery and Research ProcessThe remains at Karahantepe were

The Taş Tepeler (Şanlıurfa Neolithic Research) Project is a large-scale archaeological initiative encompassing 11 archaeological sites around Şanlıurfa, aiming to investigate the transition to settled life and the early phases of the Neolithic period. The project seeks to comprehensively document and evaluate settlements, cult structures, public spaces, elements of daily life, and symbolic traditions dating between the 10th and 7th millennia BCE.In scope, Taş Tepeler addresses one of the earlies

Aşağıpınar Höyüğü is a prehistoric settlement located south of the Kırklareli provincial center, dated to between 6200 and 4700 BCE. This site is one of the rare centers in Thrace that provides uninterrupted evidence for the origin and development of agricultural village life, encompassing the Late Neolithic–Middle Chalcolithic phases in Anatolian chronology and the Early–Middle/Late Neolithic phases in Balkan chronology.Geographical Location and Living EnvironmentThe höyük is situated on the so