Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8200 BCE)·PPN hunter-gatherer (Göbeklian)·🇹🇷 Şanlıurfa Province, Germuş Mountains, Turkey
About
About Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars
Germuş hill excavated by Schmidt 1995–, 20 enclosures with T-pillars and animal reliefs,intentionally backfilled 8200 BCE.
Why it mattersKey PPN hunter-gatherer (Göbeklian) megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Seasonal gathering
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 9600 BCE Enclosure D; F c.9000 BCE
- Period
- Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8200 BCE)
- Culture
- PPN hunter-gatherer (Göbeklian)
- Purpose
- T-pillar sanctuary — world's oldest monumental architecture, hunter-gatherer ritual centre
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1888
- Excavation
- Excavated
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars
c. 9600 BCE Enclosure D; F c.9000 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars
On the ground
Structures & features
37.2230° N · 38.9220° E · 760 m · 3 mapped features
Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars — Principal Standing Stone
standing stonestanding stone at Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars — primary structure
37.2228° N · 38.9215° EGöbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars — Chamber Annex 2
chamberchamber at Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars — hydraulic feature
37.2218° N · 38.9235° EGöbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars — Southern Cairn
cairncairn at Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars — primary structure
37.2246° N · 38.9211° E