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A paper published in May outlines intriguing evidence for social connections during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A between the famous Göbekli Tepe site in Turkey and WF16 in Jordan. It also includes other sites to illustrate how art and architecture may prove shared ideological concepts between sites as much as 1200 kilometres apart. In this video I talk about the evidence presented in this paper.
#ancient #gobeklitepe #neolithic
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00:00 Introduction
00:40 The Neolithic Revolution
04:02 WF16 in Southern Jordan
06:15 Symbolism and Ideology
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Faynan Heritage: WF16
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Mithen S, Richardson A, Finlayson B. (2023). The flow of ideas: shared symbolism during the Neolithic emergence in Southwest Asia: WF16 and Göbekli Tepe. Antiquity.
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Göbekli Tepe enclosure D, credit: Dosseman
Göbekli Tepe enclosure C, credit: Dosseman
Göbekli Tepe enclosure B, credit: Dosseman
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Neolithic Revolution, credit: Detlef Gronenborn, Barbara Horejs, Börner, Ober.
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Location of sites, WF16 site, comparison of benches and monolith, geometric designs, snake symbolism, exposed ribs and gazelle, stone faces, phallic representations, batons, modified human skulls, credit: paper referenced above.
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El-Khiam lithic points, credit: Crassard et. al.
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Human sculpture from Karahan Tepe, credit: The Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism
A paper published in May outlines intriguing evidence for social connections during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A between the famous Göbekli Tepe site in Turkey and WF16 in Jordan. It also includes other sites to illustrate how art and architecture may prove shared ideological concepts between sites as much as 1200 kilometres apart. In this video I talk about the evidence presented in this paper.
#ancient #gobeklitepe #neolithic
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
00:40 The Neolithic Revolution
04:02 WF16 in Southern Jordan
06:15 Symbolism and Ideology
✨ RELATED VIDEOS
Faynan Heritage: WF16
youtube.com/watch?v=K8RJzseWBBU&t=37s
✨ JOIN MY CHANNEL
youtube.com/channel/UC0Hs5t0U6Uf993Tba22YmKA/join
✨ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIALS
Bluesky: @MegalithHunter.bsky.social
✨ REFERENCES
Mithen S, Richardson A, Finlayson B. (2023). The flow of ideas: shared symbolism during the Neolithic emergence in Southwest Asia: WF16 and Göbekli Tepe. Antiquity.
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Göbekli Tepe enclosure D, credit: Dosseman
Göbekli Tepe enclosure C, credit: Dosseman
Göbekli Tepe enclosure B, credit: Dosseman
CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Neolithic Revolution, credit: Detlef Gronenborn, Barbara Horejs, Börner, Ober.
CC BY 4.0 DEED creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Location of sites, WF16 site, comparison of benches and monolith, geometric designs, snake symbolism, exposed ribs and gazelle, stone faces, phallic representations, batons, modified human skulls, credit: paper referenced above.
CC BY 2.5 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5
El-Khiam lithic points, credit: Crassard et. al.
Public domain
Jericho
Other
Human sculpture from Karahan Tepe, credit: The Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism
