Dr. Lee Clare

First of all, we're in the northwestern part of the site. It all gets a bit nasty and dirty, they've been there too long, throwing out their rubbish, that sort of thing. They move to the eastern side. They do that for a decade or so. Oh, it's getting a bit nasty. Or they split into two groups. That's the way this mound then develops over the 1,500 years of occupation of the site.

First of all, we're in the northwestern part of the site. It all gets a bit nasty and dirty, they've been there too long, throwing out their rubbish, that sort of thing. They move to the eastern side. They do that for a decade or so. Oh, it's getting a bit nasty. Or they split into two groups. That's the way this mound then develops over the 1,500 years of occupation of the site.

The dating is still... Bit difficult, but if the site, the entire nine, nine and a half hectare site was all being used or was settled at the same time in the PPNB, then we're looking at a major settlement with perhaps even a couple of hundred or more people.

The dating is still... Bit difficult, but if the site, the entire nine, nine and a half hectare site was all being used or was settled at the same time in the PPNB, then we're looking at a major settlement with perhaps even a couple of hundred or more people.

The dating is still... Bit difficult, but if the site, the entire nine, nine and a half hectare site was all being used or was settled at the same time in the PPNB, then we're looking at a major settlement with perhaps even a couple of hundred or more people.

Yeah. I mean, the rubbish dumps, we'll say the rubbish pits are very much, you know, important for us. We just want everyone's rubbish. But of course, we get a good insight into the animals being hunted. Like I said, the gazelle was very important. We have the horn cores, and we can see actually which parts of the animal are being transported to the site from the hunting grounds.

Yeah. I mean, the rubbish dumps, we'll say the rubbish pits are very much, you know, important for us. We just want everyone's rubbish. But of course, we get a good insight into the animals being hunted. Like I said, the gazelle was very important. We have the horn cores, and we can see actually which parts of the animal are being transported to the site from the hunting grounds.

Yeah. I mean, the rubbish dumps, we'll say the rubbish pits are very much, you know, important for us. We just want everyone's rubbish. But of course, we get a good insight into the animals being hunted. Like I said, the gazelle was very important. We have the horn cores, and we can see actually which parts of the animal are being transported to the site from the hunting grounds.

In fact, interestingly, we have hunting traps in the vicinity of Gobekli Tepe, the so-called kites or desert kites, known from Jordan, for example. We have them also in Gobekli Tepe and in the Atash Tepe region.

In fact, interestingly, we have hunting traps in the vicinity of Gobekli Tepe, the so-called kites or desert kites, known from Jordan, for example. We have them also in Gobekli Tepe and in the Atash Tepe region.

In fact, interestingly, we have hunting traps in the vicinity of Gobekli Tepe, the so-called kites or desert kites, known from Jordan, for example. We have them also in Gobekli Tepe and in the Atash Tepe region.

So actually we're looking at sort of organized hunting, industrial hunting in a way, in that they were driving these animals or these herds of animals into corrals and then sort of, you know, hunting large numbers of the animals at the same time. You know, that's the only way of then actually sort of feeding your larger population perhaps at that time.

So actually we're looking at sort of organized hunting, industrial hunting in a way, in that they were driving these animals or these herds of animals into corrals and then sort of, you know, hunting large numbers of the animals at the same time. You know, that's the only way of then actually sort of feeding your larger population perhaps at that time.

So actually we're looking at sort of organized hunting, industrial hunting in a way, in that they were driving these animals or these herds of animals into corrals and then sort of, you know, hunting large numbers of the animals at the same time. You know, that's the only way of then actually sort of feeding your larger population perhaps at that time.

And water resources, I'm drifting tangents now. That's okay, that's okay. But of course, water supply was crucial. I mean, it was always thought Gobekli Tepe had no water supply. People were walking to a water source, perhaps kilometers away from the site and coming back. But we don't know whether there was, perhaps there was a spring at the site that's no longer active.

And water resources, I'm drifting tangents now. That's okay, that's okay. But of course, water supply was crucial. I mean, it was always thought Gobekli Tepe had no water supply. People were walking to a water source, perhaps kilometers away from the site and coming back. But we don't know whether there was, perhaps there was a spring at the site that's no longer active.

And water resources, I'm drifting tangents now. That's okay, that's okay. But of course, water supply was crucial. I mean, it was always thought Gobekli Tepe had no water supply. People were walking to a water source, perhaps kilometers away from the site and coming back. But we don't know whether there was, perhaps there was a spring at the site that's no longer active.

But in the meantime, we do have very good evidence for systems. And they're actually, if you remember, Or as I said, the climate conditions, they were improving after the last ice age at the time of occupation. And rainfall was even greater than today. And perhaps we're even looking at summer rainfall as well.

But in the meantime, we do have very good evidence for systems. And they're actually, if you remember, Or as I said, the climate conditions, they were improving after the last ice age at the time of occupation. And rainfall was even greater than today. And perhaps we're even looking at summer rainfall as well.

But in the meantime, we do have very good evidence for systems. And they're actually, if you remember, Or as I said, the climate conditions, they were improving after the last ice age at the time of occupation. And rainfall was even greater than today. And perhaps we're even looking at summer rainfall as well.