c. 7100 BCE–c. 6000 BCE
Çatalhöyük: streetless urban density
Población, migración y ciudades · Densidad urbana · Vivienda · Neolítico
At its greatest extent, Çatalhöyük has estimates of roughly 5,000–8,000 inhabitants. Its contiguous houses, without streets between them and accessed from roofs, document a dense residential arrangement. The range comes from archaeological reconstruction, not a contemporary count.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
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Sources
- www.catalhoyuk.com (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
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- 2026-09-23
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