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Gobekli Tepe - The World’s First Temple - 7,000 Years Older Than Stonehenge

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« on: April 24, 2008, 09:44:06 am »










Chronological context



All statements about the site must be considered preliminary, as only about 1.5% of the site's
total area have been excavated as yet; floor levels have only been reached in the second
complex (complex B), which also contained a terrazzo-like floor.

Excavations so far have revealed very little evidence for residential use.

Through the radiocarbon method, the end of stratum III could be determined at circa 9,000 BC
(see above); its beginnings are estimated to 11,000 BC or earlier. Stratum II dates to about
8,000 BC.

Thus, the complexes originated before the so-called Neolithic Revolution, ie the beginning of
agriculture and animal husbandry, which is assumed to begin after 9,000 BC.

But the construction of the Göbekli Tepe complex implies complex organisation of a degree of complexity not hitherto associated with pre-Neolithic societies. The archaeologists estimate
that up to 500 persons were required to extract the 10-20 ton pillars (in fact, some weigh up
to 50 tons) from local quarries and move them 100 to 500m to the site.

For sustenance, wild cereals may have been used more intensely than so far; perhaps they
were even deliberately cultivated. Residential buildings have not been discovered as yet, but
there are some "special buildings" which may have served for ritual gatherings.

Around the beginning of the 8th millennium BC, "Navel Mountain" lost its importance.

The advent of agriculture and animal husbandry brought new circumstances to human life in
the area. But the complex was not gradually abandoned and simply forgotten, to be obliterat-
ed by the forces of nature over time. Instead, it was deliberately covered with 300 to 500
cubic metres of soil.

Why this happened is unknown, but it preserved the monuments for posterity.

At present, the complex raises more questions to archaeology and prehistory than it answers.
For example, we cannot tell why more and more walls were gradually added to the interiors
while the sanctuary was in use
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