Site Cayönü

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Site ID	105
Name of the site	Cayönü
Alias name	Kote-ber-cem
Alternative name	Cayönü Tepesi
District	Diyarbakir
Region	Southeastern Anatolia
Country	Turkey
Period	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic C Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic C Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic C
Description	Cayönü, which is situated in the plains immediately beneath the hilly flanks of Southeast Anatolia, is the most extensively excavated Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and the Zagros region. Showing uninterrupted habitaition levels from about 10,000 BC on, Cayönü is a site where many "firsts" have been discovered. The site has an exposed area of 8000m² and became a key site in the Near East by the end of 1991, when the excavations were stopped for a time.
Topography	hill
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	38.218124000000
Longitude	39.725537000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	OREA
Number of activity periods	4
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Location of the Site

Bibliography

Reference	Altınbilek, Ç.; Coskunsu, G.; Dede, Y.; Iovino, M. R.; Lemorini, C.; Özdoğan, A.,Drills from Çayönü. A Combination of Ethnographic Experimental and Use-Wear Analysis,2001,Berlin Davis, M.K.,Social Differentiation at the Early Village of Cayönü,None,None Schirmer, W.,Drei Bauten des Cayönü Tepesi,None,None Cambel, H.,1988 Yili Cayönü Kazilari,None,None Hongo, H.,The Process of Ungulate Domestication at Cayönü, Southeastern Turkey. A Multidisciplinary Approach focusing on Bos sp. and Cervus elaphus.,None,None Ervynck, A.,Born Free? New Evidence for the Status of Sus scrofa at Neolithic Cayönü Tepesi (Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey).,None,None Özdogan, M.,Cayönü. A Conspectus of Recent Work.,None,None Yilmaz, Y.,Neolitik Dönem'de Anadolu'da Gömüt Uygulamari. Cayönü Örnegi/ Burial Practices in Anatolia in the Neolithic Period. Examples from Cayönü.,None,None Öksüz, B.,Analysis of the Cattle Bones of the Prepottery Neolithic settlement of Cayönü.,None,None Cambel, H.,1985 Yili Cayönü Kazisi,None,None Ilgezdi, G.,Zooarchaeology at Cayönü. A Preliminary Assessment of the Red Deer.,None,None Loy, Thomas H.; Wood, Andrée R.,Blood Residue Analysis at Çayönü Tepesi, Turkey,1989, Altinbilek, C.,Canak Cömleksiz Neolitik Cayönü Yerlesmesi'nin Dogalcam Kaziyicilarinin Incelenmesi (Kaziyicilarin Bicimsel Özlliklerine Göre Siniflandirilmasi ve Islevlerinin Mikroskopla Kullanim Izi Analizi Yöntemi ile Belirlenmesi),None,None Caneva, I.,Chipped Stones at Aceramic Cayönü. 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A zooarchaeological Study of Insectivores, Small Carnivores, Lagomorphs and Rodents.,None,None Özdogan, A.,Cayönü,None,None Matheson, C. D.; Loy, T. H.,Genetic Sex Identification of 9400-year-old Human Skull Samples from Çayönü Tepesi, Turkey,2001, van Zeist, W.,Plant Remains from Aceramic Cayönü, SE Turkey,None,None Maddin, R.,Cayönü Tepesi. The Earliest Archaeological Metal Artefacts.,None,None Özdogan, M.,1989 Yili Cayönü Kazilari,None,None Schirmer, W.,Some Aspects of Building at the "Aceramic-Neolithic" Settelment of Cayönü Tepesi,None,None Hongo, H.,Animal Exploitation at Cayönü Tepesi, Southeastern Anatolia.,None,None Bicakci, E.,Cayönü House Models and Reconstruction Attempt for the Cell-plan Building.,None,None Meadow, R.H.,Some Equid Remains from Cayönü, Southeastern Turkey.,None,None Schirmer, W.,Zu den Bauten des Cayönü Tepesi,None,None Le Mort, F.,Feu et archéoanthropologie au Proch Orient (épipaléolithique-néolithique): e lien avec les pratiques funéraires.Données nouvelles de Cayönü (Turquie).,None,None Schirmer, W.,Some Aspects of Building at the 'Aceramic-Neolithic' Settlement of Çayönü Tepesi,1990, Özdogan, M.,1990 Yili Cayönü Kazi ve Onarim Calismalari,None,None Özbek, M.,Cayönü'nde Kafatasi Delgi Operasyonu,None,None Efe, T.,Cayönü Keramik Aletleri (Genel Bir Degerlendirme),None,None Coskunsu, G.,Cayönü Canak Cömleksiz Neolitik Dönem Okuclarinin Bicimsel Özelliklerine Göre Siniflandirilmasi ve Cakmaktasi Okuclarinin Kullanim Izi Analizi ile Islevlerinin Belirlenmesi.,None,None Özdoğan, A.; Özdoğan, M.,Çayönü. A Conspectus of Recent Work,1989, Özdoğan, M.,Çayönü,None,None Hongo, H.,Faunal Remains from Prepottery Neolithic Levels at Cayönü, Southeastern Turkey. A Preliminary Report Focusing on Pigs (Sus sp).,None,None Caneva, I.,A Combined Analysis of Lithic Assemblages from Cayönü.,None,None Özdogan, A.,Cayönü Yerlesmesinin Canak Cömleksiz Neolitikteki Yeri (Kücük Buluntularin Yardimiyla).,None,None Özdogan, A.,Katkili Kil Kaplar ve Canak Cömlek, Cayönü Canak Cömleksiz ve Canak Cömlekli Neolitik Bulintulari Üzerinden Bir Yorum,None,None Özdogan, M.,Archaeological Evidence on the Early Metallurgy at Cayönü Tepesi.,None,None Özdoğan, M.,Transition from the Round Plan to Rectangular - Reconsidering the Evidence of Çayönü,2010,Oxford Caneva, I.,Early Villages in South-Eastern Turkey. 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Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 173 settlement	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
ID 176 cemetery or grave	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
ID 178 settlement	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
ID 182 cemetery or grave	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
ID 193 settlement	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
ID 228 cemetery or grave	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic C
ID 293 settlement	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic C
ID 363 undefined	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic C