9,000-year-old mining workshop found in Diyarbakır
DİYARBAKIR
Eighteen malachite pieces were found at the center of the workshop, while another 24-25 samples were recovered in and around the structure.
Archaeologists have uncovered a roughly 5-square-meter mining workshop dating to 6900-6800 B.C. at Çayönü Hill, a prehistoric settlement in southeastern Türkiye that provides important evidence of the transition to settled life and early agriculture.
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said on Sept. 1 that the discovery in the Ergani district of the eastern province of Diyarbakır included raw and semi-processed malachite, processed malachite pieces, copper beads and other copper objects, as well as a stone-paved working area.
