Identifying the volcanic eruption depicted in a Neolithic painting at Çatalhöyük, Central Anatolia, Turkey

A mural excavated at the Neolithic Çatalhöyük site (Central Anatolia, Turkey) has been interpreted as the oldest known map. Dating to ~6600 BCE, it putatively depicts an explosive summit eruption of the Hasan Dagi twin-peaks volcano located ~130 km northeast of Çatalhöyük, and a birds-eye view of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schmitt, A., Danisik, Martin, Aydar, E., Sen, E., Ulusoy, I., Lovera, O.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49864