Who built Göbekli Tepe?
Well, the short answer would be: Stone Age people with Stone Age tools. Nothing more needed, no aliens, no giants, as you can read here. For an answer to the […]
Month: Mai 2016
The current distribution of sites with T-shaped pillars
The characteristic element of Göbekli Tepe´s architecture are the T-shaped pillars. In the older Layer III (10th millenium BC) the monolithic pillars weigh tons and reach heights between 4 m […]
Losing your head at Göbekli Tepe
Just back from this year´s ICAANE in Vienna, where a very inspiring workshop on the “Iconography and Symbolic Meaning of the Human in Near Eastern Prehistory” was organized by Jörg […]
Upcoming: Trade Before Civilization Conference
Between May 27-29, 2016, a conference on „Trade before Civilization“ will be held at the University of Gothenburg. Our Contribution will be on „Long Distance Exchange of Goods and Ideas […]
To light or not to…
Photographs are far from objective. They suggest meaning through the selection of the scene, but also through a certain perspective, focal point, light. Everyone who has held a camera in […]
How did they do it? Making and moving monoliths at Göbekli Tepe
The T-shaped pillars discovered at Göbekli Tepe are big. The central pair of Enclosure D measure 5.5 m and weigh about 8 to 10 metric tons each. The surrounding pillars […]
