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Karahan Tepe · Structures

Structure Guide

Karahan Tepe's buildings are lettered (AA, AB, AC, AD…) as the excavation exposes them. Most are cut down into the living bedrock rather than built up from it, and they cluster around a central complex where the sunken pillar chamber of Structure AB opens onto its neighbours.

Overview of the excavated area at Karahan Tepe, with its rock-cut buildings and T-pillars
The excavated area at Karahan Tepe — the lettered buildings listed below are cut into and built against this bedrock ridge.

Frantisek Trampota, Karahan Tepe overview, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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How to read this guide

The site has only been dug since 2019 and is thinly published, so the labels, plans and object counts below are the excavators' working record and will be refined as formal reports appear. Throughout, what is confirmed by the excavator is kept separate from what is interpreted about how these spaces were used.

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Structures & buildings

structure-ab — open the full structure page.

structure-ab

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structure-ad — open the full structure page.

structure-ad

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structure-aa — open the full structure page.

structure-aa

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structure-bf — open the full structure page.

structure-bf

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structure-bd — open the full structure page.

structure-bd

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structure-bh — open the full structure page.

structure-bh

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structure-ac — open the full structure page.

structure-ac

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structure-az — open the full structure page.

structure-az

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structure-ao — open the full structure page.

structure-ao

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Last reviewed 11 October 2026. Something wrong?