Göbekli Tepe
The site changed research into ritual and community formation in the early Neolithic. The buildings’ precise functions and their relationship to habitation remain subjects of scholarly debate.
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Facts
- Place
- Near Şanlıurfa, Türkiye
- Civilisation / patron
- Early Neolithic communities of Upper Mesopotamia
- Built
- c. 9600 BCE – 8200 BCE
- Status
- Ruins
- UNESCO World Heritage since
- 2018
- UNESCO World Heritage
History
Göbekli Tepe contains circular and rectangular buildings with monumental T-shaped limestone pillars. The pillars, erected by early Neolithic communities, are decorated with animal reliefs and human features. The site developed during the transition to farming and settled communities, making a simple distinction between hunter-gatherers and farmers inadequate. Many buildings were filled with rubble and sediment in antiquity and have been excavated since the late twentieth century.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Göbekli Tepe