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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ayanlar Höyük
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Şanlıurfa Nearest Village: Ayanlar
Latitude: 37.185300N Longitude: 38.558800E
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

1 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

5 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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Ancient Settlement in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey

One of the Neolithic sites of the Taş Tepeler (Stone Hills) project in south-east Turkey.

"Ayanlar Höyük is the third largest mound dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period after the previously known Göbeklitepe and Karahan Tepe in the region".
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