Çatalhöyük
archaeological site in Konya Province, Turkey
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Summary
Çatalhöyük is an archaeological site[1]. Çatalhöyük ranks in the top 0.39% of archaeological site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,427 views/month, #13 of 3,303).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Konya Province[3], Meram district[4]
- Country: Turkey[5]
- Instance of: tell[6], proto-city[7]
- Commons category: Çatalhöyük[8]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[9]
- Inception: January 1, 7500 BC[10]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 5700 BC[11]
- Located in/on physical feature: Central Anatolia Region[12]
- Significant event: archaeological excavation[13]
- Official website: https://www.catalhoyuk.com[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Çatalhöyük[15]
- Commons gallery: Çatalhöyük[16]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[17], Oxford Classical Dictionary[18]
- Affiliation: Museum Directorate of Konya[19]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[20]
- Area: 110.74 ha[21]
- Time period: Neolithic[22]
- World Heritage criteria: (iii)[23], (iv)[24]
- State of conservation: preserved[25]
Why It Matters
Çatalhöyük has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Çatalhöyük is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]