Göbeklitepe-Style Pillars Found at New 11,000-Year-Old Site

Göbeklitepe-Style Pillars Found at New 11,000-Year-Old Site

Göbeklitepe-style T-pillars. Credit: Beytullah eles / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Archaeologists working in southeastern Turkey have uncovered new evidence that expands the known reach of one of the world’s earliest monumental cultures. The find is reshaping how researchers understand the Neolithic transition in Upper Mesopotamia. Stone structures featuring Göbeklitepe-style T-pillars have been identified in the Samsat district of Adıyaman.…

The Taş Tepeler Horizon Expands: Göbeklitepe-Style T-Pillars Discovered in Adıyaman

Göbeklitepe-Style T-Shaped Pillars Found in Adıyaman Expand Understanding of Taş Tepeler CultureA significant new archaeological discovery in southeastern Türkiye is changing how researchers view the Neolithic period. In the Samsat district of Adıyaman, structures resembling the famous T-shaped pillars of Göbeklitepe have been exposed after water levels dropped in the Atatürk Dam reservoir. This suggests that the cultural sphere associated with …