Harbetsuvan Tepesi

Çakmak Harabesi

Being excavatedNot open to visitors

A small hilltop PPNB cult centre within sight of both Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe. Rescue digs followed heavy looting, and since 2022 a Japanese geoscience-led project has been building a precise chronology there.

Visiting

Not open to visitors

Excavation site; heavily looted in the past.

Source: tastepeler.org · checked 19 Oct 2026

Dating

PPNB, contemporary with the upper levels of Göbekli Tepe

Phase: PPNB

Source: tastepeler.org; Çelik 2016

Discovery

2014 (Şanlıurfa Museum survey)

Source: tastepeler.org

Excavation

Being excavatedRecorded as: ongoing excavation

Chiba Institute of Technology and the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology since 2022 (text by Kazuya Shimogama); earlier rescue digs 2017–2019 by the Şanlıurfa Museum (Bahattin Çelik)

Key finds

  1. T-pillars, one with tie, arm and finger reliefs

    Çelik (TTK)

  2. Seated male statue

    tastepeler.org

Where

Eyyübiye (Şanlıurfa) inferred

Inferred from the supporter list.

District level only. We don’t publish coordinates or directions to excavation and survey sites.

Field Log · 1 entry

  1. ExcavationHarbetsuvan Tepesi: three rescue seasons after heavy looting

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Sources · 3

  1. Harbetsuvan Tepesi (site page, text by K. Shimogama)Taş Tepeler project site, T.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  2. Şanlıurfa İli Neolitik Dönem Yüzey Araştırması Sonucunda Ortaya Çıkan Yeni Bilgi ve Bulgular (B. Çelik)Türk Tarih Kurumu (PDF) · c. 2020-2022
  3. Altes Prenses Akiko Mikasa’nın Şanlıurfa Ziyareti (18-20 Eylül 2025)Embassy of Japan in Türkiye · 2 Oct 2025