Çatalhöyük
Ruins of Çatalhöyük | |
Çatalhöyük Shown within Turkey Çatalhöyük Çatalhöyük (Near East) | |
| Location | Küçükköy, Konya Province, Turkey |
|---|---|
| Region | Anatolia |
| Coordinates | 37°40′00″N 32°49′41″E / 37.66667°N 32.82806°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 7100 BC |
| Periods | Neolithic Early Chalcolithic, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1961-1965, 1993-1995, 2009-2017 |
| Archaeologists | James Mellaart, Ian Hodder |
| Official name | Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv |
| Designated | 2012 (36th session) |
| Reference no. | 1405 |
| Region | Western Asia |
Çatalhöyük (English: Chatalhoyuk; /ˌtʃɑːtɑːlˈhuːjʊk/, cha-tal-HOO-yuhk; Turkish pronunciation: [tʃaˈtaɫhœjyc]; also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük; from Turkish çatal "fork" + höyük "tumulus") is a tell (a mounded accretion resulting from long-term human settlement) of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5600 BC and flourished around 7000 BC. Çatalhöyük overlooks the Konya Plain, southeast of the present-day city of Konya (ancient Iconium) in Turkey, approximately 140 km (87 mi) from the twin-coned volcano of Mount Hasan.
In July 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.