<Tr> <Th> Region </Th> <Td> Europe and North America </Td> </Tr> <P> Çatalhöyük (Turkish pronunciation: (tʃaˈtaɫhøjyk); also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük; from Turkish çatal "fork" + höyük "mound") was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto - city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC . In July 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site . </P> <P> Çatalhöyük is located overlooking the Konya Plain, southeast of the present - day city of Konya (ancient Iconium) in Turkey, approximately 140 km (87 mi) from the twin - coned volcano of Mount Hasan . The eastern settlement forms a mound which would have risen about 20 m (66 ft) above the plain at the time of the latest Neolithic occupation . There is also a smaller settlement mound to the west and a Byzantine settlement a few hundred meters to the east . The prehistoric mound settlements were abandoned before the Bronze Age . A channel of the Çarşamba River once flowed between the two mounds, and the settlement was built on alluvial clay which may have been favourable for early agriculture . </P> <P> The site was first excavated by James Mellaart in 1958 . He later led a team which further excavated there for four seasons between 1961 and 1965 . These excavations revealed this section of Anatolia as a centre of advanced culture in the Neolithic period . Excavation revealed 18 successive layers of buildings signifying various stages of the settlement and eras of history . The bottom layer of buildings signifies as early as 7500 BC while the top layer is of 5600 BC . </P>

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