Discovering a New Neolithic World

Features March/April 2024

Excavations in southeastern Turkey are revolutionizing how archaeologists understand the monumental achievements of hunter-gatherers
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Karahantepe is one of at least 20 sites dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, more than 10,000 years ago, that are being explored by archaeologists working in the Taş Tepeler, or Stone Mounds, of southeastern Turkey’s Şanlıurfa Province.(© Tolga Ildun)

The Taş Tepeler, or Stone Mounds, in southeastern Turkey’s Şanlıurfa Province arc roughly 125 miles along the foothills of the Taurus Mountains, overlooking the Harran Plain and the Balikh River, a tributary of the Euphrates. T

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