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How Did Hunter-Gatherers Build Göbekli Tepe? - The Pre-Pottery Neolithic Gatherings of Southeastern Anatolia | Sleepy Facts About History
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On a limestone hill in southeastern Anatolia, people who had no cities, no kings, and no pottery nevertheless organized themselves to quarry, move, and raise stone pillars weighing up to twenty tons. They carved these monoliths with foxes, aurochs, and scorpions, feasted beside them, and then deliberately buried them, only to build again. This episode examines the archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe to understand how monumental architecture was constructed by hunter-gatherers more than…
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