Sefertepe Structure Profile

Quadrangular building complex

Interconnected quadrangular/rectangular stone-walled PPNB structures forming a building complex.

Quadrangular building complex visual reference
Visual reference for orientation. Use source images only when rights are clear.

At a glance

Site
Sefertepe
Structure
Quadrangular building complex
Known For
structure group

What you're looking at

Interconnected quadrangular/rectangular stone-walled PPNB structures forming a building complex.

Why it matters

  • Interconnected quadrangular/rectangular stone-walled PPNB structures forming a building complex.
  • Benches, platforms, niches, buttresses/payanda, hearths/ocak, stone walls, lime/clay mortar floors.
  • Locator: Karul et al. 2025 Fig. 20; official page Pic. 2-3 / Fig. 2-3.
  • Locator status: partially located
  • Context type: structure group
  • Primary source: Karul et al. 2025, Sefertepe section, pp. 80-82, Figs. 20-22
  • Supporting source: Taş Tepeler Sefertepe official page
  • Open: Individual room IDs, trench IDs, dimensions, entrances, and phase-by-phase plans not yet captured.

What to notice first

  • Benches, platforms, niches, buttresses/payanda, hearths/ocak, stone walls, lime/clay mortar floors.
Research layer Sefertepe notes
  • Keep Sefertepe count layers separate: 22, 31, 8, 4, 7, and the isolated east-facing skull are not automatically the same claim.
  • Do not turn skull selection, human faces, beads, or animal imagery into one settled ritual story.
  • Use official, Karul et al. 2025, Türkiye Today, and Stone Mounds reporting as source layers with different maturity.
  • Treat field-note orientation and exact room claims as leads until publication-level plans confirm them.
  • Use rights-safe fallback diagrams unless official or third-party image permissions are cleared.
  • Individual room IDs, trench IDs, dimensions, entrances, and phase-by-phase plans not yet captured.
  • Karul et al. 2025, Sefertepe section, pp. 80-82, Figs. 20-22
  • Taş Tepeler Sefertepe official page
  • Güldoğan & Uludağ 2022, Arkeoloji ve Sanat 171, pp. 13-26
  • Official Taş Tepeler Sefertepe page
  • Karul et al. 2025 Sefertepe section
  • Türkiye Today / Anadolu Ajansı 2025 Sefertepe reports
  • Stone Mounds 2025 Sefertepe season report
  • Individual room IDs, trench IDs, dimensions, entrances, and phase-by-phase plans not yet captured.
  • Which skull counts represent distinct deposits, later additions, or different count methods?
  • Which features belong to exact rooms, loci, phases, and publication figures?
  • How do the face platform, cut pits, and skull-room evidence relate spatially?
  • Which object images can be used publicly after rights review?
  • Site evidence notes
  • Use the structure-context matrix, mortuary matrix, object matrix, evidence locator pass, and image verification file for deeper review.
  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.
Evidence behind this evidence layer

Stable evidence

  • Interconnected quadrangular/rectangular stone-walled PPNB structures forming a building complex.
  • Benches, platforms, niches, buttresses/payanda, hearths/ocak, stone walls, lime/clay mortar floors.
  • Locator: Karul et al. 2025 Fig. 20; official page Pic. 2-3 / Fig. 2-3.
  • Locator status: partially located

Where it comes from

  • Karul et al. 2025, Sefertepe section, pp. 80-82, Figs. 20-22
  • Taş Tepeler Sefertepe official page
  • Güldoğan & Uludağ 2022, Arkeoloji ve Sanat 171, pp. 13-26
  • Official Taş Tepeler Sefertepe page
  • Karul et al. 2025 Sefertepe section

Limits

  • Keep Sefertepe count layers separate: 22, 31, 8, 4, 7, and the isolated east-facing skull are not automatically the same claim.
  • Do not turn skull selection, human faces, beads, or animal imagery into one settled ritual story.
  • Use official, Karul et al. 2025, Türkiye Today, and Stone Mounds reporting as source layers with different maturity.
  • Treat field-note orientation and exact room claims as leads until publication-level plans confirm them.

What could change

  • Individual room IDs, trench IDs, dimensions, entrances, and phase-by-phase plans not yet captured.
  • Which skull counts represent distinct deposits, later additions, or different count methods?
  • Which features belong to exact rooms, loci, phases, and publication figures?
  • How do the face platform, cut pits, and skull-room evidence relate spatially?

Open site profile

Source links references
  • Karul et al. 2025, Sefertepe section, pp. 80-82, Figs. 20-22
  • Taş Tepeler Sefertepe official page
  • Güldoğan & Uludağ 2022, Arkeoloji ve Sanat 171, pp. 13-26

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