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I’ve seen a few comments in the past few days that have questioned the dating of Göbekli Tepe with some people believing the site is much older and some believing it’s much younger. Some people have even said how they’ve never seen any radiocarbon data published.
Well, a simple Google search not only brings up a blog post about the subject by the German Archaeological institute, but also a paper by archaeologist Oliver Dietrich, so the information is available if you really want to find it. Accurate data is even listed on Wikipedia. These links are all listed below.
Even though the information is not hard to find, I thought I’d put together a short video anyway to give a brief overview of what we know.
Before archaeologists conducted radiocarbon dating, the specific types of archaeological projectile points and lithics gave a clear indication of the age of the site, types and forms of artefacts that are well understood and dated from other sites in the region.
Of course though, radiocarbon dating was also undertaken and in this video I go through exactly what we know so far, although more dates have also been collated and are yet unpublished. Watch this video to learn more.
All images are taken from Google Images and the below sources for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
Sources:
Archaeologists Blog Post: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/06/22/how-old-ist-it-dating-gobekli-tepe/
Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe
Paper by Oliver Dietrich: researchgate.net/publication/258182967_Radiocarbon_dating_the_first_temples_of_mankind_Comments_on_14C-Dates_from_Gobekli_Tepe#:~:text=G%C3%B6bekli%20Tepe%20in%20southeastern%20Turkey,G%C3%B6bekli%20Tepe%20were%20refilled%20systematically.
Exoriente Blog: exoriente.org/associated_projects/ppnd_site.php?s=25
#AncientArchitects #GobekliTepe #Prehistory
I’ve seen a few comments in the past few days that have questioned the dating of Göbekli Tepe with some people believing the site is much older and some believing it’s much younger. Some people have even said how they’ve never seen any radiocarbon data published.
Well, a simple Google search not only brings up a blog post about the subject by the German Archaeological institute, but also a paper by archaeologist Oliver Dietrich, so the information is available if you really want to find it. Accurate data is even listed on Wikipedia. These links are all listed below.
Even though the information is not hard to find, I thought I’d put together a short video anyway to give a brief overview of what we know.
Before archaeologists conducted radiocarbon dating, the specific types of archaeological projectile points and lithics gave a clear indication of the age of the site, types and forms of artefacts that are well understood and dated from other sites in the region.
Of course though, radiocarbon dating was also undertaken and in this video I go through exactly what we know so far, although more dates have also been collated and are yet unpublished. Watch this video to learn more.
All images are taken from Google Images and the below sources for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
Sources:
Archaeologists Blog Post: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/06/22/how-old-ist-it-dating-gobekli-tepe/
Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe
Paper by Oliver Dietrich: researchgate.net/publication/258182967_Radiocarbon_dating_the_first_temples_of_mankind_Comments_on_14C-Dates_from_Gobekli_Tepe#:~:text=G%C3%B6bekli%20Tepe%20in%20southeastern%20Turkey,G%C3%B6bekli%20Tepe%20were%20refilled%20systematically.
Exoriente Blog: exoriente.org/associated_projects/ppnd_site.php?s=25
#AncientArchitects #GobekliTepe #Prehistory
