Taş Tepeler

The Taş Tepeler (Turkish, literally 'Stone Mounds') are a group of Early Holocene Period Neolithic archaeological sites in Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira), near the city of Urfa in modern-day Turkey. They are the remains of a number of settlements dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period (c. 9500–7000 BC), during transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to settled agricultural communities in the region.

The sites include Göbekli Tepe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and at least eleven others: Nevalı Çori, Yeni Mahalle, Karahan Tepe, Hamzan Tepe, Sefer Tepe, Taşlı Tepe, Kurt Tepe, Harbetsuvan Tepe, Sayburç, Ayanlar Höyük, Çakmaktepe. They are currently being investigated and conserved under the 'Şanlıurfa Neolithic Research Project', a collaboration between Turkish and international researchers.

Many contain large stone buildings with the T-shaped obelisks characteristic of Göbekli Tepe. Desert kites are associated or proximate with some of the sites.

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