[1] Alishar Hüyük was occupied beginning in the Neolithic Period, through the Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and the Hittites, and into Phrygian times.

As the area dried in the Chalcolithic Age occupation slowly spread off the mound and outer defenses were built.

The end of Hittite Empire occupation (Stratum IV) at about 1200 BC was marked by widespread destruction including and the site was largely unoccupied until Phryangian times.

Work at the site appears to have been limited to a topographic survey and aerial photography using camera ballons with little or no actual excavation.

[15][16][17] About 12 km northwest of Alishar Huyuk, there's another important archaeological site named Cadir Hoyuk (Çadır Höyük in Turkish alphabet).