&Ccedil;atalh&ouml;y&uuml;k (Turkish pronunciation:   also &Ccedil;atal H&ouml;y&uuml;k and &Ccedil;atal H&uuml;y&uuml;k; from Turkish &Ccedil;atal 'fork' + h&ouml;y&uuml;k 'tumulus') was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7100 BC to 5700 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC.[2] In July 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

&Ccedil;atalh&ouml;y&uuml;k 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 &Ccedil;arÅŸamba River once flowed between the two mounds, and the settlement was built on alluvial clay which may have been favorable for early agriculture.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk