Boncuklu Höyük
Konya · Archaeological site
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Catalogue label
- Type
- Archaeology
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Konya
- Elevation
- 1,003 m
- Wikidata
- Q6099672
About
Boncuklu Höyük is a Neolithic archaeological site in Central Anatolia, Turkey, situated around 9 km from the more famous Çatalhöyük site. The tell is made up of the remains of one of the world's oldest villages, occupied between around 8300 to 7800 BCE. The buildings are small and oval shaped with walls constructed of mudbricks. The remains of burials of human bodies were found below the floors of the buildings. The earliest known ceramics of Anatolia have been discovered there.
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Location
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The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Boncuklu Höyük: about 133 km and 2 h 40 min of travel, plus roughly 6 h for the visits.
44 km · 44 min by car
Pınarbaşı GölüKonya
36 km · 36 min by car
ÇatalhöyükKonya
51 km · 51 min by car
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1.3 km · 18 min on foot
0.8 km · 11 min on foot
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