Dr. Lee Clare

I don't like working with superlatives. I just hate it.

I don't like working with superlatives. I just hate it.

I don't like working with superlatives. I just hate it.

Yeah, for example, Kaharun Tepe is one, Gobekli Tepe is the other, and there's another site called Ayanla which hasn't been excavated yet. But I think it's due to be excavated at some point pretty soon. And those are like three, we could call them sort of central places or central sites within this network of Tepela sites down there. And there are smaller sites as well.

Yeah, for example, Kaharun Tepe is one, Gobekli Tepe is the other, and there's another site called Ayanla which hasn't been excavated yet. But I think it's due to be excavated at some point pretty soon. And those are like three, we could call them sort of central places or central sites within this network of Tepela sites down there. And there are smaller sites as well.

Yeah, for example, Kaharun Tepe is one, Gobekli Tepe is the other, and there's another site called Ayanla which hasn't been excavated yet. But I think it's due to be excavated at some point pretty soon. And those are like three, we could call them sort of central places or central sites within this network of Tepela sites down there. And there are smaller sites as well.

And names like Navalichori would be there, Saiborj, Sefertepech. We have a dozen sites we now know down there in the region. But these three sites, Ayanla, Gobekli Tepe, Karan Tepe, those are the big central sites. They're the bigger sites which have this very long duration from the beginning of the early Holocene, mid-10th millennium BC, to the PPNB, end of the 9th millennium BC.

And names like Navalichori would be there, Saiborj, Sefertepech. We have a dozen sites we now know down there in the region. But these three sites, Ayanla, Gobekli Tepe, Karan Tepe, those are the big central sites. They're the bigger sites which have this very long duration from the beginning of the early Holocene, mid-10th millennium BC, to the PPNB, end of the 9th millennium BC.

And names like Navalichori would be there, Saiborj, Sefertepech. We have a dozen sites we now know down there in the region. But these three sites, Ayanla, Gobekli Tepe, Karan Tepe, those are the big central sites. They're the bigger sites which have this very long duration from the beginning of the early Holocene, mid-10th millennium BC, to the PPNB, end of the 9th millennium BC.

There will definitely be interaction. I mean, we have the symbolism. I mean, there are differences. There's lots of similarities, but there are sort of nuances and differences between, for example, in the symbolism whereby at Göbekli Tepe you have more animals depicted. At Karahan Tepe, there's more of a focus on the human form.

There will definitely be interaction. I mean, we have the symbolism. I mean, there are differences. There's lots of similarities, but there are sort of nuances and differences between, for example, in the symbolism whereby at Göbekli Tepe you have more animals depicted. At Karahan Tepe, there's more of a focus on the human form.

There will definitely be interaction. I mean, we have the symbolism. I mean, there are differences. There's lots of similarities, but there are sort of nuances and differences between, for example, in the symbolism whereby at Göbekli Tepe you have more animals depicted. At Karahan Tepe, there's more of a focus on the human form.

We're just starting to see that because the excavations at these other sites at Karahan, for example, only started back in 2019. So it's really, that's just coming out now. And we're seeing, you know, the first sort of making the first comparisons with our material. So that's something, you know, that we need to watch out for in the future. A network was there, economic, cultural, social.

We're just starting to see that because the excavations at these other sites at Karahan, for example, only started back in 2019. So it's really, that's just coming out now. And we're seeing, you know, the first sort of making the first comparisons with our material. So that's something, you know, that we need to watch out for in the future. A network was there, economic, cultural, social.

We're just starting to see that because the excavations at these other sites at Karahan, for example, only started back in 2019. So it's really, that's just coming out now. And we're seeing, you know, the first sort of making the first comparisons with our material. So that's something, you know, that we need to watch out for in the future. A network was there, economic, cultural, social.

It was definitely there.

It was definitely there.

It was definitely there.

Yeah. Of course, you do get smaller figurines and that sort of thing, but the majority that we know of is actually applied or carved into or from the pillars. You have low reliefs, which are a couple of centimetres protruding from the pillar. You have high reliefs, like statues are actually carved from the pillar itself, but still attached to the pillar. It's 3D, yeah? Yeah, 3D.

Yeah. Of course, you do get smaller figurines and that sort of thing, but the majority that we know of is actually applied or carved into or from the pillars. You have low reliefs, which are a couple of centimetres protruding from the pillar. You have high reliefs, like statues are actually carved from the pillar itself, but still attached to the pillar. It's 3D, yeah? Yeah, 3D.