Boncuklu Tarla was a settlement inhabited from the Late Epipalaeolithic to Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. It was discovered in 2008 during an archaeological survey in advance of the construction of the Ilısu Dam and has been excavated by a team from Mardin Museum since 2012.
A large communal building with stone pillars identified as Neolithic sanctuary.
See:
- Ergül Kodaş, Un Nouveau Site du Néolithique Précéramique dans la Vallée du Haut Tigre : Résultats Préliminaires de Boncuklu Tarla A New Aceramic Neolithic Site in the Upper Tigris Valley: Preliminary results of Boncuklu Tarla, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333559949_Un_nouveau_site_du_Neolithique_preceramique_dans_la_vallee_du_Haut_Tigre_Resultats_preliminaires_de_Boncuklu_Tarla
- http://tayproject.org/TAYages.fm$Retrieve?CagNo=10860&html=ages_detail_e.html&layout=web