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The Earlier Animal-Head Deposit at Çakmaktepe

This earlier animal-head context keeps cattle, sheep, and equid head evidence separate from the later Special Building 15 gazelle deposit. This object group belongs to a different reported context than the Special Building 15 exterior gazelle deposit.

Site: ÇakmaktepeType: interior animal-head deposit
Çakmaktepe. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.)

Çakmaktepe. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.)

Fatma Şahin, Cakmaktepe general view, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Burnt wild cattle heads are reported. Sheep or caprid heads are reported. Equid heads are reported.

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?