Çatalhöyük
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Çatalhöyük is a large, well-preserved Neolithic proto-city in central Anatolia, renowned for its densely packed mudbrick houses, early agricultural society, and rich symbolic wall art.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Çatalhöyük canonical | 2 |
| Catalhoyuk | 1 |
| Çatalhöyük finds | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4079004 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Çatalhöyük Context triple: [Neolithic Revolution, hasKeySite, Çatalhöyük]
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A.
Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating to the 10th millennium BCE, renowned for its massive T-shaped stone pillars and status as one of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complexes.
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B.
Karkemish
Karkemish was an important ancient Near Eastern city-state on the Euphrates River, serving as a key political and commercial center for successive empires including the Hittites and later the Neo-Assyrians.
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C.
Batıkent
Batıkent is a large residential district and suburb of Ankara, Turkey, known as a major housing and urban development area within the city.
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D.
Kültepe
Kültepe is an important ancient archaeological site in central Turkey, best known for its large cache of cuneiform tablets that provide key evidence for Old Assyrian trade and early Anatolian languages.
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E.
Anıttepe
Anıttepe is a central hill and neighborhood in Ankara, Turkey, best known as the site of Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Çatalhöyük Target entity description: Çatalhöyük is a large, well-preserved Neolithic proto-city in central Anatolia, renowned for its densely packed mudbrick houses, early agricultural society, and rich symbolic wall art.
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A.
Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating to the 10th millennium BCE, renowned for its massive T-shaped stone pillars and status as one of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complexes.
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B.
Karkemish
Karkemish was an important ancient Near Eastern city-state on the Euphrates River, serving as a key political and commercial center for successive empires including the Hittites and later the Neo-Assyrians.
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C.
Batıkent
Batıkent is a large residential district and suburb of Ankara, Turkey, known as a major housing and urban development area within the city.
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D.
Kültepe
Kültepe is an important ancient archaeological site in central Turkey, best known for its large cache of cuneiform tablets that provide key evidence for Old Assyrian trade and early Anatolian languages.
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E.
Anıttepe
Anıttepe is a central hill and neighborhood in Ankara, Turkey, best known as the site of Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic settlement
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UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ proto-city ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 37.6667 N (approximate) ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 32.8333 E (approximate) ⓘ |
| culture |
Chalcolithic
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Neolithic ⓘ |
| domesticated |
goats
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sheep ⓘ |
| economy |
hunting and gathering
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mixed farming and herding ⓘ |
| endDate | c. 6000 BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Ian Hodder
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James Mellaart ⓘ |
| firstMajorExcavationEndDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| firstMajorExcavationStartDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceFor |
household-based production
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relatively egalitarian social structure ⓘ ritual use of animal remains ⓘ symbolic treatment of the dead ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
closely agglomerated houses
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internal hearths ⓘ ladder entry from roofs ⓘ painted and replastered walls ⓘ platforms used for sleeping and burials ⓘ shared walls between houses ⓘ special buildings with elaborate decoration ⓘ storage bins ⓘ |
| hasPart |
East Mound
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West Mound ⓘ |
| inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageListIn | 2012 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
absence of streets
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burials beneath house floors ⓘ densely packed mudbrick houses ⓘ early agricultural practices ⓘ evidence for early social complexity ⓘ figurines ⓘ plastered reliefs ⓘ rich symbolic wall paintings ⓘ rooftop access to houses ⓘ |
| laterExcavationProjectStartDate | 1993 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Anatolia Region
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surface form:
Central Anatolia
|
| locatedInCountry | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Konya ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Konya Plain ⓘ |
| material | mudbrick ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
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surface form:
Neolithic Near East
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| period |
Pottery Neolithic
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ |
| produced |
cereals such as wheat and barley
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legumes ⓘ |
| significance |
important for study of early agriculture in Anatolia
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key site for understanding early urbanization ⓘ |
| startDate | c. 7400 BCE ⓘ |
| used |
bone tools
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clay figurines ⓘ obsidian tools ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Çatalhöyük Description of subject: Çatalhöyük is a large, well-preserved Neolithic proto-city in central Anatolia, renowned for its densely packed mudbrick houses, early agricultural society, and rich symbolic wall art.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Catalhoyuk
this entity surface form:
Çatalhöyük finds