Köşk Höyük

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A place where you can have a great time

Neolithic settlement. Open to visit.

Kayseri - Adana ring road on the very close to the Roman Pool, as well as the spilled water from the Roman pool originates from the source of the skirts here. The region has an altitude of 1400 mt and excavations are being carried out by local and foreign archaeologists since 1961, the history goes down to the Neolithic and Catholic periods, archaeologists assume that this place may be contemporary due to the similar cultural characteristics of Çatakhöyük, although the artifacts can be visited even though the wire mesh is large. section of the museum can be seen in Nigde, Nigde museum, the works here, I recommend you to see the mummies

A history that needs to be known cannot be said to be given the necessary attention ...

Excavations at Köşk Höyük, which is located on the rocky slope to the east of the Roman Pool in the town of Bahçeli in Niğde province, have been carried out since 1981 by the archeologists of the Archeology Department of the Ankara University Faculty of Language, History and Geography and the Niğde Museum, revealing that the oldest agriculture and animal husbandry society of the Bor plain ( 6050–4911) BC indicates that they settled in this area. The first four layers of the five-layered settlement belong to the Late Neolithic, and the latest layer belongs to the Early Chalcolithic Period. In the Neolithic Period, there is an architecture consisting of small spaces with multi-rooms that were expanded according to the needs. In the Chalcolithic Period, the adjacent houses lined up on the streets were built according to a certain plan. It is understood that the people of this period buried their dead on the floor of the houses. The importance of Köşk Höyük in terms of burial customs; It is applied to most adults and some children, by separating the head from the body, plastering the face with clay, indicating the facial organs and giving them vitality by painting with ocher. This practice is seen in Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Southern Syria between 10000–8000 BC.

It stays on the hill above the Roman pool, you can walk from the right side of the pool, there is not much, it is an abandoned place.