Sefer Tepe
| Sefer Tepe | |
|---|---|
 Sefer Tepe in 2024 | |
  Location in Turkey | |
| 37°11′11.15″N 39°29′23.35″E / 37.1864306°N 39.4898194°E | |
| Type | Settlement |
| Location | Sanlıurfa, Turkey |
| History | |
| Built | c. 8000 BC |
| Abandoned | c. 6500 BC |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 2024-2025 |
Sefer Tepe is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A archaeological site in Sanlıurfa, Turkey. It participates to the T-shaped pillar tradition seen at Göbekli Tepe.[1][2] It is part of the Taş Tepeler culture.
Archaeology
[edit]In November 2025, archaeologists uncovered two Neolithic human-face reliefs carved on limestone blocks of a platform structure, estimated to have been made around 8000 BC. One relief is executed in high relief with detailed facial features, while the second is carved in low relief with more stylized characteristics; both are oriented northward.[3][4]
Sources
[edit]- Çelik, Bahattin (2010). "Hamzan Tepe in the light of new finds". Documenta Praehistorica. 37: 257–268. doi:10.4312/dp.37.22.
- Güler, Mustafa; Çelik, Bahattin; Güler, Gül (2012). "New pre-pottery neolithic settlements from Viranşehir District". Anadolu / Anatolia. 38: 164–80. doi:10.1501/Andl_0000000398.
References
[edit]- ↑ Güler, Çelik & Güler 2012.
- ↑ Çelik 2010.
- ↑ Altuntas, Leman (2025-11-30). "An 8,500-Year-Old Micro-Carved Bead—and a 10,000-Year-Old Skull Room—Reveal Sefertepe's Hidden Symbolic World". Arkeonews. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
- ↑ "10,000-Year-Old Human Face Reliefs Discovered At Sefertepe, Türkiye - Ancient Pages". 2025-12-01. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
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