Jeitun

Jeitun

Jeýtun
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Alternative name	Djeitun; Jeytun
Location	Kopet Dag
History
Cultures	Jeitun culture

Jeitun (Djeitun) is an archaeological site of the Neolithic period in southern Turkmenistan, about 30 kilometers north of Ashgabat in the Kopet-Dag mountain range. The settlement was occupied from about 7200 to 4500 BC ^[1] possibly with short interruptions.^[2] Jeitun has given its name to the whole Neolithic period in the foothills of the Kopet Dag.