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Çayönü
38.2164° N, 39.7264° E
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Çayönü Tepesi is a Neolithic settlement in southeastern Turkey which prospered from circa 8,630 to 6,800 BC. It is located in Diyarbakır Province forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. It lies near the Boğazçay, a tributary of the upper Tigris River and the Bestakot, an intermittent stream. It is an early example of agriculture.
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Occupation ends
c. 6,800 BC
Cattle size decrease
c. 7,000 BC
Cattle peak abundance
c. 7,500 BC
Occupation begins
c. 8,630 BC
Scientific excavations
1964–1991
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