NEW PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENTS FROM ViRANsEHiR DISTRICT

In the present study, the Neolithic Period settlements at Basaran Höyük, Basaran-Herzo Tepe and Kocanizam Tepe located within the provincial borders of sanlıurfa province Viransehir district. The properties of all settlements pertaining to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period are unearthed and significant findings are encountered as regards the civil architecture of that era. Arranged in the north-south direction and founded with 3-5 km intervals, such settlements revealed a unique property never encountered in the region before. Sefer Tepe settlement, which is already discovered and possessing identical properties with the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period settlements, such as Nevali Çori, Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe, containing “T” shaped pillars, is further examined under the scope of the present study. Basaran Höyük, Basaran-Herzo Tepesi and Kocanizam Tepe are discovered recently during the cultural inventory studies conducted in 2011.