Yumuktepe Mound
Yumuktepe Mound (Yumuktepe Höyüğü) is a prehistoric settlement mound in Mersin’s Toroslar district, beside the Müftü Stream. Its archaeological sequence begins around 7000 BCE and preserves evidence from the Neolithic through later prehistoric, Hittite, Iron Age, and medieval occupations, making it unusually valuable for tracing thousands of years of settlement. Kültür Portalı
Nine millennia of settlement
Yumuktepe is a tell, an artificial hill created as successive communities built new settlements over older ones. Early excavations identified 33 levels, while later work revealed a substantially more complex stratigraphy; Early Neolithic levels have been radiocarbon-dated to roughly 7000–6200 BCE, with later occupation extending into the Middle Ages. Persée
What archaeologists found
The earliest inhabitants lived in wattle-and-daub structures and practiced agriculture and animal husbandry; excavations have uncovered hearths, storage pits, pottery, and other evidence of everyday life. Later layers include fortified Chalcolithic settlement, substantial walls associated with the Hittite period, Iron Age remains, and a fortified medieval settlement dating roughly to the 10th–13th centuries. Kültür Portalı
Agriculture and early farming
Yumuktepe is particularly important for understanding the spread and development of farming in the eastern Mediterranean. Archaeobotanical research has recovered Neolithic wheat remains, while the broader evidence documents an agricultural economy stretching back approximately 9,000 years; this helps connect prehistoric Anatolia with developments in the Fertile Crescent. Anadolu Agency
Excavations and continuing discoveries
. The site remains archaeologically productive: work reported in 2025 identified an Early Bronze Age horseshoe-shaped hearth and storage silo, adding evidence for a period that had previously been less clearly represented at the mound. Kültür Portalı
Seeing Yumuktepe today
The mound survives within modern Mersin rather than as an isolated ruin, so its appeal is primarily the extraordinary depth of human occupation beneath an otherwise modest-looking hill. Many objects excavated there are displayed at the Mersin Museum of Archeology, making the museum a useful complement for understanding what the excavated layers actually contained
尤穆克特佩土丘（Yumuktepe Mound）
尤穆克特佩土丘（土耳其语：Yumuktepe Höyüğü）是一处位于梅尔辛省托罗斯拉尔（Toroslar）区、穆夫图（Müftü）溪畔的史前聚落遗址。该遗址的考古序列始于公元前7000年左右，保存了从新石器时代、后续史前时期、赫梯时期、铁器时代直至中世纪的各类遗存，对于追溯长达数千年的定居历史具有极高的价值。——Kültür Portalı
九千年的定居史
尤穆克特佩属于“土丘”（tell）遗址——即由不同时期的社群在旧有聚落之上不断营建新居所而形成的人工丘陵。早期发掘工作确认了33个文化层，后续研究则揭示了更为复杂的层位结构；其中，早期新石器时代的文化层经放射性碳测年，确定为公元前7000年至6200年左右，而此后的定居活动一直延续至中世纪。——Persée
考古发现
最早的居民居住在“木骨泥墙”结构的房屋中，从事农业和畜牧业；考古发掘出土了炉灶、储藏坑、陶器以及其他反映日常生活痕迹的遗物。后续文化层中包括铜石并用时代的防御性聚落、赫梯时期的坚固城墙、铁器时代的遗存，以及约公元10至13世纪的中世纪防御性聚落。——Kültür Portalı
农业与早期耕作
尤穆克特佩遗址对于理解东地中海地区农业的传播与发展具有重要意义。考古植物学研究在此发现了新石器时代的小麦遗存；综合各类证据表明，该地的农业经济可追溯至约9000年前。这一发现有助于将史前安纳托利亚与“新月沃地”的发展历程联系起来。——阿纳多卢通讯社（Anadolu Agency）
考古发掘与持续的新发现
今日尤穆克特佩 (Yumuktepe)
尤穆克特佩土丘并非一座孤立的遗迹，而是坐落在现代梅尔辛 (Mersin) 市内。它最引人入胜之处在于，在这座看似平平无奇的小丘之下，竟蕴藏着极其深厚的人类定居遗存。此处出土的许多文物现陈列于梅尔辛考古博物馆；参观该博物馆，有助于人们更深入地了解这些考古地层中究竟包含着什么。
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Yumuktepe Mound
Yumuktepe Mound (Yumuktepe Höyüğü) is a prehistoric settlement mound in Mersin’s Toroslar district, beside the Müftü Stream. Its archaeological sequence begins around 7000 BCE and preserves evidence from the Neolithic through later prehistoric, Hittite, Iron Age, and medieval occupations, making it unusually valuable for tracing thousands of years of settlement. Kültür Portalı
Nine millennia of settlement
Yumuktepe is a tell, an artificial hill created as successive communities built new settlements over older ones. Early excavations identified 33 levels, while later work revealed a substantially more complex stratigraphy; Early Neolithic levels have been radiocarbon-dated to roughly 7000–6200 BCE, with later occupation extending into the Middle Ages. Persée
What archaeologists found
The earliest inhabitants lived in wattle-and-daub structures and practiced agriculture and animal husbandry; excavations have uncovered hearths, storage pits, pottery, and other evidence of everyday life. Later layers include fortified Chalcolithic settlement, substantial walls associated with the Hittite period, Iron Age remains, and a fortified medieval settlement dating roughly to the 10th–13th centuries. Kültür Portalı
Agriculture and early farming
Yumuktepe is particularly important for understanding the spread and development of farming in the eastern Mediterranean. Archaeobotanical research has recovered Neolithic wheat remains, while the broader evidence documents an agricultural economy stretching back approximately 9,000 years; this helps connect prehistoric Anatolia with developments in the Fertile Crescent. Anadolu Agency
Excavations and continuing discoveries
. The site remains archaeologically productive: work reported in 2025 identified an Early Bronze Age horseshoe-shaped hearth and storage silo, adding evidence for a period that had previously been less clearly represented at the mound. Kültür Portalı
Seeing Yumuktepe today
The mound survives within modern Mersin rather than as an isolated ruin, so its appeal is primarily the extraordinary depth of human occupation beneath an otherwise modest-looking hill. Many objects excavated there are displayed at the Mersin Museum of Archeology, making the museum a useful complement for understanding what the excavated layers actually contained