Archaeologists in Türkiye find a 9,000-year-old workshop where early people shaped malachite and copper.AA Photo
Posted on 10/31/2026 10:37:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
According to a Türkiye Today report, green malachite and copper has been uncovered in a 9,000-year-old workshop in a Neolithic settlement in southeastern Turkey. Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said that the pieces of raw and worked malachite, copper beads, and other copper objects were found in the workshop, which has a stone-paved work area. Six postholes were found around the edges of the area, suggesting that it may have been covered by a canopy. "The discovery shows that the mining tradition here continued for about 2,000 years and that specialized production activities took place in specific work areas," Ersoy said. For more on this era of Anatolia, go to "Tales from the Neolithic," one of ARCHAEOLOGY's Top 10 Discoveries of 2025.
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Archaeologists in Türkiye find a 9,000-year-old workshop where early people shaped malachite and copper.AA Photo
Whereas those who arrived a whittle late were relegated to chipping out tourist tchotchkes.
Life was rough and tumble back then.
Very cool.
I was hoping for a rudimentary lathe.
Ekşi Höyük is one of the earliest agricultural settlements in western Anatolia, located near the city of Denizli—a region famous in modern times as a global textile hub.
The excavation team unearthed finely crafted bone needles, awls, and carved round stones (spindle whorls) used for spinning raw plant or animal fibers into thread.
The fields around my house have artifacts from about 8000 BC.
Clovis, Hardaway, Palmer, etc.
One of the tickets said that the guy’s ox cart would be ready by April 2037.
They *invented* the fake mechanic’s legs on the service creeper.
I have no idea what malachite is. It sounds like it could be the name of one of the Canaanite tribes Joshua fought against.
I have no idea what malachite is. It sounds like it could be the name of one of the Canaanite tribes Joshua fought against.
Malachite is a semiprecious green mineral.
Malachite is a semiprecious green mineral.
Malachite is that green and black streaked material that forms that background wall you always see behind speakers at the UN podium. It’s a copper containing mineral as everyone has pointed out.
Malachite is that green and black streaked material that forms that background wall you always see behind speakers at the UN podium. It’s a copper containing mineral as everyone has pointed out.
Malachite is that green and black streaked material that forms that background wall you always see behind speakers at the UN podium. It’s a copper containing mineral as everyone has pointed out.
Malachite is that green and black streaked material that forms that background wall you always see behind speakers at the UN podium. It’s a copper containing mineral as everyone has pointed out.
Malachite is that green and black streaked material that forms that background wall you always see behind speakers at the UN podium. It’s a copper containing mineral as everyone has pointed out.
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