Domuztepe
Kahramanmaraş · Archaeological site
Photo: Stuart Campbell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Archaeology
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Kahramanmaraş
- Elevation
- 548 m
- Wikidata
- Q4165990
About
Domuztepe (meaning Pig Hill in Turkish) was a large, Late Neolithic settlement in south east Turkey, occupied at least as early as c.6,200BC and abandoned c.5,450BC. The site is located to the south of Kahramanmaraş. Covering 20 hectares, it is primarily a Halaf site of the 6th millennium BC and is the largest known settlement of that date.
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Location
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The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Domuztepe: about 210 km and 3 h 55 min of travel, plus roughly 6 h for the visits.
42 km · 42 min by car
Archaeological museum KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş
79 km · 1 h 19 min by car
Zincirli HöyükGaziantep
87 km · 1 h 27 min by car
Gaziantep Museum of ArchaeologyGaziantep
0.7 km · 9 min on foot
Gaziantep CastleGaziantep
1.3 km · 17 min on foot
Zeugma Mosaic MuseumGaziantep, Şehitkâmil
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