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title: "Çayönü Tepesi Shrine Complex Built"
year: 8000
country: "Turkey"
canonical: "https://recap.at/8000/cayonu-tepesi-shrine"
slug: "cayonu-tepesi-shrine"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "8000-01-01"
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# Çayönü Tepesi Shrine Complex Built

> This ritual structure in southern Anatolia represents evidence of early religious ceremonies and shared ceremonial gathering among Neolithic communities.

## Summary

Çayönü Tepesi is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement in southeastern Turkey which prospered from circa 8,630 to 6,800 BC. It is located in Diyarbakır Province forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, one hundred and forty kilometres north-east of Şanlıurfa, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. It lies near the Boğazçay, a tributary of the upper Tigris River and the Bestakot, an intermittent stream. It is an early example of agriculture.

## Sources

- [Çayönü Tepesi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87ay%C3%B6n%C3%BC) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/8000/cayonu-tepesi-shrine