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Nevalı Çori sculptures and carved heads

Nevalı Çori

A carved head from Nevalı Çori in the Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum.
A carved head from Nevalı Çori in the Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum.Photo: Marco Restano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPhoto credits & licences
A Nevalı Çori carved head with a snake motif, displayed in the museum.
A Nevalı Çori carved head with a snake motif, displayed in the museum.Photo: Marco Restano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPhoto credits & licences
A limestone sculpture from Nevalı Çori in the Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum.
A limestone sculpture from Nevalı Çori in the Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum.Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPhoto credits & licences
A small human statuette from Nevalı Çori in the museum.
A small human statuette from Nevalı Çori in the museum.Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPhoto credits & licences

Record

SiteNevalı Çori
Location nowŞanlıurfa Archaeology Museum
DatingPPNB, c. 8400–8100 BC

What is carved

The excavated settlement produced limestone sculptures and carved heads, including a head with a snake motif. Finds are now displayed in the Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum. The original settlement was inundated by the Atatürk Dam reservoir. [1][2]

Interpretations

Scholarly debate

These objects belong to a regional tradition of human and animal imagery; their specific meanings are not known. [1][2]

By Nevalı Çori excavators

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