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38°15′00″N 29°42′00″E / 38.25000°N 29.70000°E Beycesultan (pronounced [ˈbejdʒe sulˈtan]) is an archaeological site in western Anatolia (Asia Minor), located about 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the modern-day city of Çivril in the Denizli Province of Turkey. It lies in a bend of an old tributary of Büyük Menderes River (Maeander River).
The site (4 ha) has some 40 archaeological layers date from Late Chalcolithic to the Byzantine period.
Beycesultan was occupied beginning in the Late Chalcolithic period. This large mound is almost 1 km (0.62 mi) in diameter and 25 m (82 ft) high. The first 20 layers belong to the 5th and 4th millennium BC.
Architecture saw rectangular rooms with mudbrick walls on stone foundations, with benches along the walls.
The settlement increased in size and prominence through the 3rd millennium, with notable religious and civil buildings. In later part of the Early Bronze, the Anatolian Trade Network with trade between Central Anatolia and Western Anatolia, moving into the Aegean islands developed.
In Early Bronze I there were well-protected Megaron-like structures with porticoes in the front and a fireplace in the main hall. Pottery include beak-spouted jugs and jars. Small temples are built next to the large constructions with offerings and sacred horns.
In Early Bronze III, the potter's wheel arrived this region associated with the arrival of the Luwian people. Architecture was characterized by Megaron-shaped houses.
Development peaked early in the 2nd millennium with the construction of a massive palace and associated structures. The palace was abandoned and then destroyed c. 1700 BC. Unlike the Early Bronze, Central Anatolia focused more on trade eastward in the Assyrian Trade Network. Western Anatolia (Asia Minor) saw the orientation of sites like Beycesultan more strongly influenced from the west, mainly the Aegean and Crete.
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Beycesultan
38°15′00″N 29°42′00″E / 38.25000°N 29.70000°E Beycesultan (pronounced [ˈbejdʒe sulˈtan]) is an archaeological site in western Anatolia (Asia Minor), located about 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the modern-day city of Çivril in the Denizli Province of Turkey. It lies in a bend of an old tributary of Büyük Menderes River (Maeander River).
The site (4 ha) has some 40 archaeological layers date from Late Chalcolithic to the Byzantine period.
Beycesultan was occupied beginning in the Late Chalcolithic period. This large mound is almost 1 km (0.62 mi) in diameter and 25 m (82 ft) high. The first 20 layers belong to the 5th and 4th millennium BC.
Architecture saw rectangular rooms with mudbrick walls on stone foundations, with benches along the walls.
The settlement increased in size and prominence through the 3rd millennium, with notable religious and civil buildings. In later part of the Early Bronze, the Anatolian Trade Network with trade between Central Anatolia and Western Anatolia, moving into the Aegean islands developed.
In Early Bronze I there were well-protected Megaron-like structures with porticoes in the front and a fireplace in the main hall. Pottery include beak-spouted jugs and jars. Small temples are built next to the large constructions with offerings and sacred horns.
In Early Bronze III, the potter's wheel arrived this region associated with the arrival of the Luwian people. Architecture was characterized by Megaron-shaped houses.
Development peaked early in the 2nd millennium with the construction of a massive palace and associated structures. The palace was abandoned and then destroyed c. 1700 BC. Unlike the Early Bronze, Central Anatolia focused more on trade eastward in the Assyrian Trade Network. Western Anatolia (Asia Minor) saw the orientation of sites like Beycesultan more strongly influenced from the west, mainly the Aegean and Crete.