Yeşilova Höyük
Yeşilova Höyük is a
BCE, and was covered with silt
afterwards.
Discovered in
Turkey's Aegean Region
in general.
A drilled sample section disclosed a first cultural layer associated with the late
Byzantine period, and still more importantly, allowed the outlines of two additional layers, which date from the Calcolithic and Neolithic Ages, to be made out. The first settlement in the site, at a depth of 4 meters under the surface level, had started during the Neolithic and reached its zenith towards the end of the same age, and then continued through the Chalcolithic period. Thus, Yeşilova Höyük saw uninterrupted settlement spanning at least fifteen hundred years of prehistory. No artifacts dating from the early Bronze Age
are discovered to date but after the full abandonment of the settlement, part of the mound was used as a cemetery. Habitation in the area of the mound was resumed during the late Roman-early Byzantine period, but was sparser in form and shorter in duration.
In June 2010, the Municipality of Bornova district in İzmir organised a national architectural competition for a visitor center within the excavation site. The competition was won by architects Evren Başbuğ (Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects), and Umut Başbuğ.[1]
References
- ^ "Yeşilova Höyük Visitor Center". STUDIO EVREN BAŞBUĞ.