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The megalithic enclosures of Göbekli Tepe (Urfa, Turkey) are the most ancient stone-built sacred structures known so far, dating back to the 10th millennium BC. Is it possible for these structures to have been oriented to specific star(s) in the sky? In this post we present a relative publication on the issue. Continue reading “Göbekli Tepe astronomically oriented?”
In this post we present extracts from some very interesting recently published papers on Çatalhöyük, Turkey, one of the key early farming sites in the Old World. Continue reading “Çatalhöyük; what we have recently learned about one of the key early (7100–5950 calBC) farming sites in the Old World”
In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “Cereal processing at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, southeastern Turkey“, by Laura Dietrich et al. Continue reading “Göbekli Tepe; processing of cereals in the Early Neolithic (10th-9th millennium BC)”
Excavations led by Dr. Haluk Sağlamtimur of Ege University at the site of Başur Höyük have revealed complex burial practices in the Upper Tigris region during the transition to the third millennium BC. Continue reading “Başur Höyük excavation reveals evidence of human sacrifice in Bronze Age Mesopotamia”
Small scale agricultural farming was first initiated by indigenous communities living on Turkey’s Anatolian plateau, and not introduced by migrant farmers as previously thought, according to a research by the University of Liverpool. Continue reading “The Boncuklu Project; Agriculture in Anatolia initiated by indigenous peoples, not Fertile Crescent migration”
Yenikapı excavations that started nearly 10 years ago. A wooden notebook, which was found in a sunken ship is considered the Byzantines’ invention akin to the likes of the modern-day ‘tablet’. Continue reading “Wooden notebook discovered in Byzantine ship at the Yenikapı excavations, Turkey”
