Karahan Tepe

Karahantepe is an archaeological site in Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey. Recent evidence suggests it may be older than Göbekli Tepe. The site is close to Göbekli Tepe and archaeologists have also uncovered T-shaped stele there. According to Daily Sabah, "The excavations have uncovered 250 obelisks featuring animal figures to date."[1]

Karahan Tepe
Shown within Turkey
Karahan Tepe (Near East)
Karahan Tepe (Eastern Mediterranean)
LocationKarahan Tepe, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey
Coordinates37°05′31″N 39°18′05″E
History
FoundedPre-10th millennium BC
PeriodsPre-Pottery Neolithic A to B

The ancient structures at Karahan Tepe were discovered in 1997 by "researchers near the Kargalı neighborhood in the Tek Tek Mountains National Park."[2]

The site is located near Yağmurlu and roughly 35 kilometers east of Göbekli Tepe, and is often called the sister site of Göbekli Tepe.[3] It is part of the Göbeklitepe Culture and Karahantepe Excavations project, and surveys were initiated two years ago by Istanbul University. The area is known as “Keçilitepe” by local people.[4]

Necmi Karul, an archeologist at Istanbul University, told Anadolu Agency in 2019, “Last year, excavation work restarted in Karahantepe [Kectepe] – around 60 km from where Gobeklitepe is located – and we encountered traces of special structures, obelisks, animal sculptures, and descriptions as well as similar symbolism”.[5]

References
  1. Agency, Demirören News (2020-11-27). "New Karahantepe settlement may be older than Göbeklitepe". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. "Karahantepe excavations start in Şanlıurfa". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  3. cowie, ashley. "Breakthrough Discovery: Karahan Tepe is Older Than Göbekli Tepe". www.ancient-origins.net. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  4. "Karahantepe on way to be new face of Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  5. Kazanci, Handan (8 March 2020). "Turkey: Conservation, not excavation, focus in Gobeklitepe". Anadolu Agency.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.