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Southern Excavation Area Domestic Structures

The Southern Excavation Area keeps Çakmaktepe from becoming only an animal-head story. It shows planned domestic settlement, house-building, floor preparation, renovation, and daily work.

Site: Çakmaktepe
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.

What's actually there

Work in H11, H10, G10, and G11 revealed numerous domestic structures of varying size and function. Current reporting says the structures do not cut into one another, suggesting a planned or synchronous layout.

What to notice

Includes H11, H10, G10, and G11. Numerous domestic structures of varying size and function. About 50 documented buildings are reported for the wider site. Only a small number are currently described as public/special. Multiple renovation phases are reported. Several structures were excavated to floor level. Carefully leveled bedrock floors and gravel or early terrazzo-like floors are important.

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?