{"id":6558,"date":"2017-09-06T15:08:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tepetelegrams.wordpress.com\/?p=6558"},"modified":"2019-02-19T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T10:34:08","slug":"recap-askgt-qa-about-recent-research-at-goebekli-tepe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2017\/09\/06\/recap-askgt-qa-about-recent-research-at-goebekli-tepe\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: #AskGT &#8211; &#8216;Q&amp;A&#8217; about recent research at G\u00f6bekli Tepe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A couple of weeks ago, in June, we thanked you, the esteemed readers of this blog, for your ongoing interest in the German Archaeological Institute&#8217;s G\u00f6bekli Tepe research project as it is impressively visible by the visitor numbers of this blog. Thanks again once more! Yet we also used the opportunity to offer a kind of <a href=\"\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2017\/06\/17\/ask-an-archaeologist-about-goebekli-tepe\/\">questionnaire<\/a> via twitter, giving you the chance to adress your questions regarding the excavations at early Neolithic G\u00f6bekli Tepe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since we consider this little experiement in &#8216;science communication&#8217; a success, we are not only discussing and planning to repeat something similar in the not too distant future, but also would like to share the outcome of this first Q&amp;A here. Maybe you&#8217;ll find some of the answers and discussions which emerged from this question time of interest; some of the links provided are certainly worth a look. Thanks a lot to everyone participating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First of all we started of with some more general remarks, intoducing ourselves as moderators of this Q&amp;A and the site of G\u00f6bekli Tepe itsels as well as the state of research so far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to this Q&amp;A on Neolithic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G%C3%B6bekliTepe?src=hash\">#G\u00f6bekliTepe<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\">@jens2go<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\">@in2thepast<\/a> are looking forw. to your questions. Make sure to use <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> hashtag. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4TBKZqMDyO\">pic.twitter.com\/4TBKZqMDyO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880078350211010561\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi, I\u00b4m Oliver. Studied Prehistoric Archaeology in Berlin, started working with Klaus Schmidt in the G\u00f6bekli Tepe project in 2005. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RjyqAA997X\">https:\/\/t.co\/RjyqAA997X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880078457161392129\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi, I&#39;m Jens. I studied prehsitoric archaeology and am involved in research at G\u00f6bekli Tepe, working with Klaus Schmidt since 2006. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/juN5drjqDf\">https:\/\/t.co\/juN5drjqDf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880078667623391232\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Many misunderstandings regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G%C3%B6bekliTepe?src=hash\">#G\u00f6bekliTepe<\/a> found online. That&#39;s why we started a research weblog: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z6r4UbdW6r\">https:\/\/t.co\/z6r4UbdW6r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880078588384600064\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Maybe we&#39;re starting off with a few general remarks about the site while you draft your 1st questions: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wWQMsc2mvj\">https:\/\/t.co\/wWQMsc2mvj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880078838604062722\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G%C3%B6bekliTepe?src=hash\">#G\u00f6bekliTepe<\/a>&#39;s a known Neolithic site since 1960s, but Klaus Schmidt recognized it&#39;s monumentality only &#39;94: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LpZ0cqVq49\">https:\/\/t.co\/LpZ0cqVq49<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880079093777223682\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: 20 years of research have produced a large list of publications already which can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XGwNGL8OgF\">https:\/\/t.co\/XGwNGL8OgF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880079343229194240\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Also, Klaus Schmidt wrote a pop. German book on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G%C3%B6bekliTepe?src=hash\">#G\u00f6bekliTepe<\/a>, transl. into Turkish, Engl., French, Polish, Russian, Italian so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mGjgOrDy4M\">pic.twitter.com\/mGjgOrDy4M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880079845581099008\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Many of our published texts can be accessed online, at repositories like <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PxUAPoOZLE\">https:\/\/t.co\/PxUAPoOZLE<\/a>  or Researchgate for example.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880079877692473344\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Before we dive into your questions, here&#39;s our FAQ on current state of research at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G%C3%B6bekliTepe?src=hash\">#G\u00f6bekliTepe<\/a> as a start: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMsstohTeR\">https:\/\/t.co\/MMsstohTeR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880080095469125632\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Site &amp; Monuments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of the questions coming up early in the discussion were in particular directed at the nature of the archaeological site itself and the monuments unearthed there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Herve via comment): I\u2019ve noticed that nobody has any explanation concerning the small holes that exist on top of some pillars.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880081859606171648\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: So-called cup marks are often found in context of megalithic structures. Their function &amp; purpose is open to disucssion. (1\/3) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4PDP31OMuh\">https:\/\/t.co\/4PDP31OMuh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880081951234895873\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Their position on top of the pillars might hint at a later addition, maybe to mark these pillars or to extract material? (2\/3)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880082040233881600\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> Ethnographic evidence shows that taking something with you can help to \u2018presence\u2019 an important place (3\/3)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880082160413282304\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Jason via comment): I wonder if you have found evidence of common\/group latrines at or near the site?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880083872108740608\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Not yet. Communal latrines are not really a typical characteristic for the Neolithic it seems. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MYxSfdOpT9\">https:\/\/t.co\/MYxSfdOpT9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880084361508507649\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Visitor via comment): What is the orientation (the azimuth of) of the central pillars in the Enclosure H?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880084879710539777\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Conclusion about orientation not possible yet, only one (tilted &amp; damaged) central pillar excavated so far: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qfEoFKwBcU\">https:\/\/t.co\/qfEoFKwBcU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TyAEXHIGC0\">https:\/\/t.co\/TyAEXHIGC0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880085117812830208\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Anthony via comment): Were pillars roughly symmetrically placed in each ring, gaps now present simply representing removed pillars?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880085382800474112\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Since enclosure walls are preserved, there seem to be no major gaps &#8211; at least in last construction phase visible today. (1\/2) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/29MPg9ij7t\">https:\/\/t.co\/29MPg9ij7t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880085871558623233\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: That said, there are indeed traces of (re-)moving and re-use of pillars, as well as reparation and rebuilding activity. (2\/2)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880085960268107781\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\">@TepeTelegrams<\/a> Are there signs that the site has been buried on purpose or just due natural phenomena during thousands of years? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/askGT?src=hash\">#askGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ilkka Taponen (@IlkkaTaponen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlkkaTaponen\/status\/880087193850695680\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Much hints at deliberate burial. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GbGTPLwDUo\">https:\/\/t.co\/GbGTPLwDUo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880087850968133632\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: The structure and consistence of backfilling clearly hints at (probably rather quick) intentional events. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2TZ50ESmMg\">https:\/\/t.co\/2TZ50ESmMg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880109747990671360\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you think that roof structures of the enclosures were wooden at the time? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cey Cey (@OnderCirik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnderCirik\/status\/880093549475377152\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Good question. Since as of yet no proof of these roofs could be found we can only speculate. Might&#39;ve been wood or hides e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U24anMzI8o\">https:\/\/t.co\/U24anMzI8o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880109857227116545\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Excavations and field research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also, excavation methods applied at G\u00f6bekli Tepe and aspects of field research took an interest in the course of the session.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> did you use ground penetrating radar on excavated enclosure floors and what did you find IF anything<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; cecelia a hall (@ceceliaahall1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceceliaahall1\/status\/876370426703859712\">June 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Enclosure floors in most cases natural, i.e. solid bedrock.  GPR might be interesting approach for encl. w\/ terrazzo floors though. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KwWIiZLcBp\">https:\/\/t.co\/KwWIiZLcBp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880088924080754689\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought you had already used GPR etc to build a remaining picture?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880091980491051009\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: That&#39;s rather not what GPR is suited for. But we are working with laser scans.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880092895801487360\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\">@jens2go<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <br \/>1. How fragile is the open part of the site?<br \/>2. Has GT been fully geophysically surveyed?<br \/>3. How old are the lowest levels?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nigel Moore (@tessellae) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tessellae\/status\/879825530090029060\">June 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> 1. The stones &amp; walls are certainly affected by weather. That&#39;s why two large shelters are under constrcuted currently. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ps16GOq2AW\">https:\/\/t.co\/ps16GOq2AW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880080894157090818\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> 2. Large parts of the site actually were. Compare Fig. 3 here for  instance: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DgY2FaJao7\">https:\/\/t.co\/DgY2FaJao7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880081193147957252\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> 3. The lowest (yet reached!) level, Layer III, dates to the 10th  millennium BC; see here for 14C record:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZjdeCRONZ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZjdeCRONZ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880081279261212672\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But if I understand rightly there are even lower substrata not yet excavated. I was wondering if you have any idea about the bottom layers<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nigel Moore (@tessellae) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tessellae\/status\/880083538456055809\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Where excavated, oldest Layer III is situated right on the natural bedrock. Naturally can&#39;t say much about the unexcavated parts <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/njCwQ0WHl5\">https:\/\/t.co\/njCwQ0WHl5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880084246886469632\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How much of the site has been excavated so far? 50%? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/askGT?src=hash\">#askGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ilkka Taponen (@IlkkaTaponen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlkkaTaponen\/status\/880079402943619073\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Around 10%. But as stated in an earlier tweet, complete excavation is not the aim. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aOAAiwH2NO\">https:\/\/t.co\/aOAAiwH2NO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880083723693281280\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m archaeologist too. I&#39;m interested yo know how is the Daily work. How many people work un the project? Professional\/local workers (1\/2)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Malena (@la_nefelibata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/la_nefelibata\/status\/880087964939845634\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGTHere?src=hash\">#AskGTHere<\/a>\u00b4s a great description of a typiucal workday by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\">@jens2go<\/a> : <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dNCgPTLD9J\">https:\/\/t.co\/dNCgPTLD9J<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C5CeYeM9Fc\">https:\/\/t.co\/C5CeYeM9Fc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880089007748599808\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGt?src=hash\">#AskGt<\/a> And one writen by me about the rest: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kB3jE2pE00\">https:\/\/t.co\/kB3jE2pE00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880089188225495040\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Analyses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Question for applied methods\u00a0 of course also included analyses and research undertaken at desk and lab.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi guys &#8211; can you tell me about the latest dating evidence not yet published?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880085385887588352\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Well, it&#39;s the nature of unpublished data that they have to be published first scientifically before they get discussed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880085796191182849\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought you would have access to data that hadn&#39;t been published yet and that would necessarily alter your understanding on site?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880092443890376704\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>. Naturally, our data is only published once &#8230; well, we publish it, yes. We are still processing data. Science takes time.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880093181248974849\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So no new data in the process of being published, you can pass on?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880093615808286721\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Not until it&#39;s published. When we&#39;ll report on it elsewhere, too &#8211; of course. Definitely watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\">@TepeTelegrams<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880093941554655232\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Not until it&#39;s published. When we&#39;ll report on it elsewhere, too &#8211; of course. Definitely watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\">@TepeTelegrams<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880093941554655232\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I do and will.. tks for producing it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880094255208857601\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> pls can you link to\/summarise the latest zoological\/carbon dating for layer III enclosures construction order\/seasonal use\/burial?Tks<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/879970261709185025\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Picture\u2019s still changing w\/ ongoing archaezool. research. Find one of latest reports on this topic here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xr3Uyh0UdL\">https:\/\/t.co\/xr3Uyh0UdL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xHQ8Bq4q4M\">https:\/\/t.co\/xHQ8Bq4q4M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880087899731107840\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Regarding an overview on latest 14C-dates, see here (incl. further reading): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZjdeCRONZ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZjdeCRONZ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880088007201755137\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Iconography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most important features of the G\u00f6bekli Tepe monuments is their complex iconography &#8211; which naturally also generated much interest during among questioners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Elke via comment): On one pillar is a fox together w\/ what&#39;s described as arm. Wonder if the \u201carm\u201d might represent a hoe or ax.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880081353529729024\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: With ongoing excavation also hands &amp; loincloths became visible on these pillars, making their anthropomorphic appearance more clear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3qDNNSKh6U\">pic.twitter.com\/3qDNNSKh6U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880081709915656192\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Anthony via comment): Is there ev. of continuity in symbolism over 6k yrs, given similar signif. of environment accross Neolithic?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880086388896538624\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Far reaching continuities suffer fr. geogr. &amp; chronol. distances. How would&#39;ve symbols been handed down such long distances? (1\/3) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svSFaFxHTV\">https:\/\/t.co\/svSFaFxHTV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880086607797395456\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Human creativity, however, follows similar paths, recurring patterns &amp; traditions should not appear too extraordinary. (2\/3)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880086698201423872\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Regional cont. possible. PPN iconography used over larger area, characterising \u2018Cultic Community\u2019. (3\/3)<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D1eEH33Uk6\">https:\/\/t.co\/D1eEH33Uk6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880086935758282752\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Interpretation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next to obtaining material sources by excavation, one of the most important parts of archaeological research is to interpret the finds and features unearthed and collected. So this was another topic of many questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> are the central pillars of D  the first (and most important) and what is the latest interpretation of their neck glyphs?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/879974448589230080\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Enclosure D&#39;s central pillars certainly are important, but not neccessarily more important than other enclosures&#39;. (1\/3) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NItNzzKWTQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/NItNzzKWTQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880087436470231041\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Symbols at pillars&#39; necks (bucranion &amp; &quot;H&quot; + circle + crescent) seem to individualy mark these otherwise faceless depictions. (2\/3) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNCSKgsOyx\">pic.twitter.com\/zNCSKgsOyx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880087571061104640\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: True translation of these symbols can&#39;t be applied, but their importance is clear by recurring appearance in PPN iconography. (3\/3)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880087637243170818\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So you don&#39;t think D pillars came first circa 9500BC? What is the latest dating?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880088719415545859\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Relative chronology is not perfectly clear as of yet. We could date the (last) wall plaster of Encl. D, not the pillars themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880091786676494336\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The crescent and the circle above it &#8211; that&#39;s the moon, right.. and either the sun or a planet (Venus) above it.  Or not?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880088341290639360\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Could be. Or not. It&#39;s a crescent shape and a circle. Open to interpetation.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880092119557324800\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> What&#39;s the significance of human bones found there? Funeral rituals?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vassukanni (@dutpekmezi3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dutpekmezi3\/status\/880079782691713030\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There will be a major article on this out in the next days, so I can\u00b4t spoil the surprise right now \ud83d\ude42<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HE9vEfRht6\">https:\/\/t.co\/HE9vEfRht6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880084122567413760\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Stef via mail): Looking at the 10th mill. BC sky at GT, isn&#39;t it likely you see the moon in Taurus or other celestial phenomena?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880080347647451137\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: We&#39;re no astronomers, but assume there&#39;s a way to estimate (e.g. via software) out how the night sky looked back then. (1\/2) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pRqXr8AwNT\">https:\/\/t.co\/pRqXr8AwNT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880080444032774144\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Interesting question here might be if PPN hunters would&#39;ve drawn similar conclusions from asterisms, seeing a bull there too. (2\/2)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880080567240343552\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bull symbolism and the celestial bull &#39;Taurus&#39; is common later in Mesopotamia &amp; perhaps depicted on nearby Halaf pottery<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880083760078888961\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Nothing to argue here, but hard to construct a continuity from PPN G\u00f6bekli Tepe to much later Halaf.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880084542089961472\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even at similar age sites like Mureybet, I think there are bucrania?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/880084175591804928\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Yes, Mureybet belongs chronologically to the PPN-sites. Bucrania as one elements of PPN iconography thus not unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880085560634855426\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Visitor via comment): Was it a temple? A temple is a single building, but GT has many. A ritual centre then?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880080854076317698\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: That&#39;s one of the crucial questions, indeed. And it largely depends a lot on how we&#39;d define &#39;temple&#39; then: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/essGRbZt0p\">https:\/\/t.co\/essGRbZt0p<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKClsPBfD9\">https:\/\/t.co\/zKClsPBfD9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880081402229694465\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Grant via comment): Could GT not have been a meeting place for the several populations that are supposed to have lived nearby?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880082361592958976\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Yes, our interpretation of G\u00f6bekli Tepe does indeed emphasize large gatherings &amp; feasts: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sRrW98VQBG\">https:\/\/t.co\/sRrW98VQBG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/khBzFQi6un\">https:\/\/t.co\/khBzFQi6un<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880082526395523072\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Grant via comment): My suggestion is that the T-pillars served as partial supports for a roof around the edge.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880082863705608192\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Indeed ongoing discussion whether enclosures were sheltered or open, w\/ pillars as possible roof support: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1mHVV4WMZT\">https:\/\/t.co\/1mHVV4WMZT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y3Q4WOSRFk\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y3Q4WOSRFk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880082915929018370\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Robert via comment): The enclosures appear to secretive, private places. Doesn&#39;t the layout preclude public gatherings?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880083366933962756\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Site&#39;s iconography &amp; material culture strongly emphasise a particular part of society: male hunters. (1\/2)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3hk6WEXo4z\">https:\/\/t.co\/3hk6WEXo4z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ojB8LQsHB3\">https:\/\/t.co\/ojB8LQsHB3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880083668848578560\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: And probably not everyone meeting at G\u00f6bekli Tepe was also necessarily involved in activities within these enclosures. (2\/2)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880083766143840256\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Anthony via comment): On one pillar a circle ab. a bird is interpr. as severed head. Wondering if other interpr. could be ruled out?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880085895529070593\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> : This interpretion is much influenced by the headless man in pillar&#39;s lower part. Different interpretations are of course possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Zx5BdfC3L\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Zx5BdfC3L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880086093395308544\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What indicates &quot;male&quot; hunters? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RPS98ISu7v\">https:\/\/t.co\/RPS98ISu7v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mom&#39;s eyes on you (@momseyesonyou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/momseyesonyou\/status\/880091925453340673\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Dominating phallic iconography on site. Material culture typically related to women known from settlements missing completely.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880092654914207744\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well we gotta look for an elderly and female gatherers&#39; place somewhere else then:)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mom&#39;s eyes on you (@momseyesonyou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/momseyesonyou\/status\/880094037541367808\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To properly understand how prehistoric people interacted with the world around them, it is of course inevitable to also have a look at this world they are living in, at environment and climate. Another point which also was picked up by some of the questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> (Visitor via comment): At what season did they gather for rituals?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880084374221234176\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Presence of migratory species among animal bones gives a clue of seasonal hunting\/feasting activities: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xr3UygJiPb\">https:\/\/t.co\/xr3UygJiPb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xuue6AceKC\">https:\/\/t.co\/xuue6AceKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880084833707241473\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What was climate like during assumed first build period? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; minor triad (@basznocz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/basznocz\/status\/880086630954139649\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are in the climatic optimum following the younger Dryas, so a little warmer in general, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGt?src=hash\">#AskGt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ujHLneNkNx\">https:\/\/t.co\/ujHLneNkNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880087648794066944\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Wetter, it seems. Forest-steppe dominated by pistachio-almond. See R. Neef&#39;s contribution here (p. 13ff.): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U9YUR6T3oM\">https:\/\/t.co\/U9YUR6T3oM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OUSq1stuFi\">https:\/\/t.co\/OUSq1stuFi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880109950953029633\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These PPN hunters certainly were not acting in a social vacuum, so questions to the cultural background of the G\u00f6bekli Tepe monuments and their builders are only logical.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> how many Tribe and Civilization has been establish around the site of GT and how about to size of religion in site ? Thanx a lot &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ma&#39;Arif #Nope (@okkaslique) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okkaslique\/status\/880054550991958016\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Several Neolithic settlements are known in the Urfa region, in the last years systematic survey work has started. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VsiHsQyl5i\">https:\/\/t.co\/VsiHsQyl5i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880079196869070848\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glad to hear that. Hopefully process will done immediately and perfectly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/askgt?src=hash\">#askgt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ma&#39;Arif #Nope (@okkaslique) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okkaslique\/status\/880081167608938501\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The earliest layers are so elaborate that they suggest even earlier prototypes. Are there theories about antecedents?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Rohde (@Joe_Rohde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joe_Rohde\/status\/880080126742081536\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So far there are no prototypes for GT&#39;s older layer known . <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GoLm6TOhuW\">https:\/\/t.co\/GoLm6TOhuW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880086718426251265\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Links &amp; connections to other sites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comparisons with other monuments or thoughts about a possible connection to such are quite often put forward then discussing G\u00f6bekli Tepe (in fact, we had a whole <a href=\"\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2017\/07\/11\/what-is-the-connection-between-goebekli-tepe-and\/\">blog post<\/a> dedicated to this topic just recently).<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> What about the talaiots in Menorca, could they be a reminiscence of the people from GT 5000 ys after? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BM18UgtXQb\">pic.twitter.com\/BM18UgtXQb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; iciar (@ilarriba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilarriba\/status\/877585508825571329\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Large time-span betw. Talaiots &amp; T-pillars. Many diff.: PPN pillars anthropomorphic, richly decorated, made in one piece. (1\/2) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W7e1tQUSS3\">https:\/\/t.co\/W7e1tQUSS3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880089409961562112\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Similar form maybe linked to function (holding a roof?). T-shape used also today in construction for supports, bc very stable. (2\/2)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880089728984334336\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Prospects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some questions were interested in future work at the site and pending research results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> If 3D laser scans &amp; ground penetrating radar been used for many years at site, when will virtual models be available for the public?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stef00 (@stef00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stef00\/status\/879972370420711424\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Significant results already published (article referenced here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qfEoFKwBcU\">https:\/\/t.co\/qfEoFKwBcU<\/a>). More planned w\/ upcoming publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wu9m9ljSA6\">https:\/\/t.co\/wu9m9ljSA6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880087757460262912\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>  when do you think that the site will be entirely digged up?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Burcu Basar (@BizarreJourneys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BizarreJourneys\/status\/880078548865888257\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Projects today do not aim at complete excavation. Methods evolve as well as questions, so we leave something fot future archaeos <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/askgt?src=hash\">#askgt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZsQTnGKAq\">https:\/\/t.co\/iZsQTnGKAq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880083280007233537\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are tourists allowed on site? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; minor triad (@basznocz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/basznocz\/status\/880092237576720384\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, but at the moment shelter structures are build and the site is still closed. Hopefully reopens later this year <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mo1YRKUSOk\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mo1YRKUSOk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880092709637292032\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Thanks, and goodbye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With some closing remarks we finally had to bring this most interesting hour to an end, definitely overhelmed by the number of participants and questions and really glad to see so much interest in the work of the G\u00f6bekli Tepe research project. Thanks a lot!<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a> Thanks for all your interesting questions, definitely will repeat this soon. See you on Twitter or the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J8ajuPvsZ2\">https:\/\/t.co\/J8ajuPvsZ2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/chqPDkuhlL\">pic.twitter.com\/chqPDkuhlL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Dietrich (@In2thepast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/In2thepast\/status\/880093607558041602\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>: Thanks a lot for your great interest &amp; questions. We found this a v. inspiring Q&amp;A! Good bye, we&#39;re definitely going to repeat this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HFtGNjxrZ8\">pic.twitter.com\/HFtGNjxrZ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tepe Telegrams (@TepeTelegrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TepeTelegrams\/status\/880093685047844864\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please don&#39;t send any more new questions yet &#8211; but keep these in mind! There definitely will be another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskGT?src=hash\">#AskGT<\/a>-Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Notroff (@jens2go) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jens2go\/status\/880109566041755652\">June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Since the great and very encouraging feedback this Q&amp;A received and the interesting discussions it triggered, we can only thank everyone who participated again and repeat what&#8217;s already mirrored in this last tweet above: That we definitely repeat this in due time. So, have your questions ready &#8211; see you then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, in June, we thanked you, the esteemed readers of this blog, for your ongoing interest in the German Archaeological Institute&#8217;s G\u00f6bekli Tepe research project as it is impressively visible by the visitor numbers of this blog. Thanks again once more! 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