Aşıklı Höyük
Aşıklı Höyük From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Asilikhoyuk) Jump to navigation Jump to search Excavations on Aşıklı Höyük Panorama made from top of the mound, facing north-west Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aşıklı Höyük . Aşıklı Höyük is a settlement mound located nearly 1 km south of Kızılkaya village on the bank of the Melendiz brook, and 25 kilometers south - east of Aksaray, Turkey. Aşıklı Höyük is located in an area covered by the volcanic tuff of central Cappadocia, in Aksaray Province. The archaeological site of Aşıklı Höyük was first settled in the Aceramic Neolithic period, around 9000 B.C. It is situated 1119.5 metres above sea level; a little higher than the region's average of ca. 1000 metres. The site itself i...