Göbekli Tepe: Agriculture and Domestication

The Site

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) tell of Göbekli Tepe (GT) lies 15 km NE of the modern city of Sanlıurfa in SE Anatolia. It is located at the highest point of the Germus ̧ range overlooking the Harran plain. Ongoing excavations since 1995 revealed a unique monumental architecture rich in symbolism (Schmidt 2011, 2012).