Hacilar

Hacilar
Hacilar
Hacilar is located in Turkey
Hacilar
Shown within Turkey
Hacilar is located in Near East
Hacilar
Hacilar (Near East)
LocationTurkey
Coordinates37°35′05.4″N 30°05′04.1″E / 37.584833°N 30.084472°E / 37.584833; 30.084472
TypeSettlement
History
Founded7,040 BC
PeriodsPre-Pottery Neolithic
Statuette from Hacilar (5250-5000 BC), National Archaeological Museum (Florence)

Hacilar is an early human settlement in southwestern Turkey, 23 km south of present-day Burdur. It has been dated back 7040 BC at its earliest stage of development. Archaeological remains indicate that the site was abandoned and reoccupied on more than one occasion in its history.