The Structures
Eight enclosures, and counting
The Pillar Room
Eleven upright pillars and a carved human head, in a sunken chamber cut into the bedrock. The room that made the site world news.
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The Central Building
The largest building at the site — a ~23 m communal hall with tiered benches and central pillars, deliberately closed at the end of its life.
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The Pit Room
A shallow rock-cut room with a long bench, a snake engraving, a fox beneath the stairs, and a deliberate stone cover.
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The Domestic Building
A Western Terrace building with a stone floor, plastered benches, and grinding stones — home of the 2025 human-faced pillar.
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The Twelve-Pillar Building
A large rectangular Western Terrace building with continuous benches, twelve T-pillars, and important sculpture.
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The Vessel & Channel Building
One of the best-preserved buildings — walls up to 3.5 m high, tiered benches, and a north-wall stone vessel with a channel.
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The Vessel & Figurine Building
A small special building beside the Central Building, dense with stone vessels, animal figurines, burned cattle skulls, and fire.
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The Covered Structure
A small structure set apart from the core, capped with a large flat stone — its interior not yet fully published.
Explore →More enclosures are being uncovered every season — only a small fraction of Karahan Tepe has been excavated. We add and update pages as the excavators publish. Structure records draw on Prof. Necmi Karul's reports and official Taş Tepeler material; some details are reporting-grade and flagged on each page.
