Two wheat species dating back 9000 years identified at Yumuktepe
Archaeobotanical research at the Yumuktepe Mound in Mersin has uncovered two types of wheat seeds dating back 9000 years. Considered one of the oldest settlements in Anatolia, Yumuktepe Mound has been continuously inhabited since the Neolithic period. Excavations at Yumuktepe revealed traces of many different cultures starting from the Neolithic period to the Roman and
Archaeologists continue to work on the Hittite fortification structure at Yumuktepe Mound
Archaeologists continue to work on the Hittite-era fortification structure unearthed at the 9,000-year-old Yumuktepe Mound in Mersin province, Türkiye. The uninterrupted settlement from the Neolithic period to the present day makes Yumuktepe a “cradle of civilizations”. The fact that traces of the first castle-like structure in the world were found in the layer dated to