<P> Çatalhöyük is located overlooking the Konya Plain , southeast of the present - day city of Konya ( ancient Iconium ) in Turkey , approximately 140 km ( 87 mi ) from the twin - coned volcano of Mount Hasan . The eastern settlement forms a mound which would have risen about 20 m ( 66 ft ) above the plain at the time of the latest Neolithic occupation . There is also a smaller settlement mound to the west and a Byzantine settlement a few hundred meters to the east . The prehistoric mound settlements were abandoned before the Bronze Age . A channel of the Çarşamba River once flowed between the two mounds , and the settlement was built on alluvial clay which may have been favourable for early agriculture . </P>
<P> Çatalhöyük is located overlooking the Konya Plain , southeast of the present - day city of Konya ( ancient Iconium ) in Turkey , approximately 140 km ( 87 mi ) from the twin - coned volcano of Mount Hasan . The eastern settlement forms a mound which would have risen about 20 m ( 66 ft ) above the plain at the time of the latest Neolithic occupation . There is also a smaller settlement mound to the west and a Byzantine settlement a few hundred meters to the east . The prehistoric mound settlements were abandoned before the Bronze Age . A channel of the Çarşamba River once flowed between the two mounds , and the settlement was built on alluvial clay which may have been favourable for early agriculture . </P>
where is catal huyuk located on a map
where is catal huyuk located on a map
overlooking the Konya Plain , southeast of the present - day city of Konya ( ancient Iconium ) in Turkey , approximately 140 km ( 87 mi ) from the twin - coned volcano of Mount Hasan
overlooking the Konya Plain , southeast of the present - day city of Konya ( ancient Iconium ) in Turkey , approximately 140 km ( 87 mi ) from the twin - coned volcano of Mount Hasan