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A 7,500-Year-Old Stone Seal Reveals Early Identity and Ownership in Prehistoric Anatolia
At first glance, it is a small object—unassuming, made of stone. Yet the seal recently uncovered at Tadım Höyük carries a weight far beyond its size. Dating back roughly 7,500 years, the artifact offers rare insight into how some of Anatolia’s earliest communities began to define identity, ownership, and social order long before the invention…