Nevalı Çori
Nevalı Çori is located in Turkey
Nevalı Çori
Location within Turkey
Nevalı Çori is located in Near East
Nevalı Çori
Nevalı Çori (Near East)
Alternative nameNevalı Çori (Turkish)
Newala Çori (Kurdish)
LocationHilvan, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey
RegionMesopotamia
Coordinates37°31′6″N 38°36′20″E / 37.51833°N 38.60556°E / 37.51833; 38.60556
History
Founded8400 BC
Abandoned8100 BC
PeriodsPre-Pottery Neolithic B
Site notes
ConditionSubmerged

Nevalı Çori (Turkish: Nevali Çori, Kurdish: Newala Çorî[1][2][3]) was an early Neolithic settlement on the middle Euphrates, in Şanlıurfa Province, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. The site is known for having some of the world's oldest known temples and monumental sculpture. Together with the earlier site of Göbekli Tepe, it has revolutionised scientific understanding of the Eurasian Neolithic period. The oldest domesticated Einkorn wheat was found there.[4]

The settlement was located about 490 m above sea level, in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains, on both banks of the Kantara stream, a tributary of the Euphrates.

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  2. ^ C., Özçelik. "Kêmasîya ku li Girê Mirazan derketîye holê bêdewletbûna kurdan e". Le Monde diplomatique kurdî (in Kurdish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ Çakırtaş, Ş. "Bir başkalaşma hikayesi: Dicle-Fırat Havzası (3)". Independent Turkce (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ Haldorsen, S.; et al. (2011). "The climate of the Younger Dryas as a boundary for Einkorn domestication". Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 20. 305. doi:10.1007/s00334-011-0291-5. S2CID 128549516.
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