Aşıklı Höyük

Aşıklı Höyük is a settlement mound located nearly 1 kilometre south of Kızılkaya village on the bank of the Melendiz brook, and 25 km southeast of Aksaray, Turkey.

Aşıklı Höyük is located in an area covered by the volcanic tuff of central Cappadocia, in Aksaray Province. The archaeological site of Aşıklı Höyük was first settled in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, around 8,200 BC.

It is situated 1,119.5 metres above sea level, a little higher than the region's average of c. 1,000 metres. The site itself is about 4 hectares, considerably smaller than the closely situated site of Çatalhöyük. The surrounding landscape is formed by erosion of river valleys into tuff deposits.

Source: Wikipedia