Dr. Lee Clare

Yeah, and of course, I mentioned the basalt, which was not far away, used for the grinding tools there. Of course, you had imports of obsidian, very small amounts of obsidian coming in, less than 1%, and that's coming from different sources from Eastern Anatolia. That also testifies to some sort of down-the-line contact with groups living further to the north in the more mountainous regions.

We have very little evidence for what was going on at Gobekli Tepe after around the end of the 9th millennium BC, so 8,000 BC, it all starts to disappear. Of course, that's a time that we get more and more sites with domesticated species of animals, goats, sheep, that sort of thing, and your crops. It's going from wild wheat to domesticated wheat. That's right. I think that plays a part.

We have very little evidence for what was going on at Gobekli Tepe after around the end of the 9th millennium BC, so 8,000 BC, it all starts to disappear. Of course, that's a time that we get more and more sites with domesticated species of animals, goats, sheep, that sort of thing, and your crops. It's going from wild wheat to domesticated wheat. That's right. I think that plays a part.

We have very little evidence for what was going on at Gobekli Tepe after around the end of the 9th millennium BC, so 8,000 BC, it all starts to disappear. Of course, that's a time that we get more and more sites with domesticated species of animals, goats, sheep, that sort of thing, and your crops. It's going from wild wheat to domesticated wheat. That's right. I think that plays a part.

The fact that people are now turning away from these hunter-gatherer traditions to these farming traditions with regard to their subsistence. Of course, the changes in subsistence go hand-in-hand with changes in society, perhaps changes in belief systems. Of course, after Gobekli Tepe, these big enclosures or these big special buildings, they also disappear. We don't have anything comparable

The fact that people are now turning away from these hunter-gatherer traditions to these farming traditions with regard to their subsistence. Of course, the changes in subsistence go hand-in-hand with changes in society, perhaps changes in belief systems. Of course, after Gobekli Tepe, these big enclosures or these big special buildings, they also disappear. We don't have anything comparable

The fact that people are now turning away from these hunter-gatherer traditions to these farming traditions with regard to their subsistence. Of course, the changes in subsistence go hand-in-hand with changes in society, perhaps changes in belief systems. Of course, after Gobekli Tepe, these big enclosures or these big special buildings, they also disappear. We don't have anything comparable

until the late Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age in prehistory. So that's quite remarkable. I think the reason is that it was actually the farming, of course, the location of Gobekli Tepe at the moment, or even then at the time, is very hilly, very rocky, and it's not very good for farming.

until the late Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age in prehistory. So that's quite remarkable. I think the reason is that it was actually the farming, of course, the location of Gobekli Tepe at the moment, or even then at the time, is very hilly, very rocky, and it's not very good for farming.

until the late Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age in prehistory. So that's quite remarkable. I think the reason is that it was actually the farming, of course, the location of Gobekli Tepe at the moment, or even then at the time, is very hilly, very rocky, and it's not very good for farming.

And of course, you go down a few kilometres into the plain, into the Haram plain to the south, the conditions are a lot better. You can have your fields, you can have your crops growing, you can have your animals and everything. That's one reason. I think also that the belief systems and the social structures change as well along with that.

And of course, you go down a few kilometres into the plain, into the Haram plain to the south, the conditions are a lot better. You can have your fields, you can have your crops growing, you can have your animals and everything. That's one reason. I think also that the belief systems and the social structures change as well along with that.

And of course, you go down a few kilometres into the plain, into the Haram plain to the south, the conditions are a lot better. You can have your fields, you can have your crops growing, you can have your animals and everything. That's one reason. I think also that the belief systems and the social structures change as well along with that.

And I think, you know, recently I proposed that there was, we don't have any good evidence for sort of social hierarchies or the elites at this time in the pre-pottery Neolithic. I think it was very much to do with the fact that they didn't really exist.

And I think, you know, recently I proposed that there was, we don't have any good evidence for sort of social hierarchies or the elites at this time in the pre-pottery Neolithic. I think it was very much to do with the fact that they didn't really exist.

And I think, you know, recently I proposed that there was, we don't have any good evidence for sort of social hierarchies or the elites at this time in the pre-pottery Neolithic. I think it was very much to do with the fact that they didn't really exist.

We're looking at inspired individuals, charismatic individuals, which were playing that role, perhaps gifted storytellers or, I don't know, shamans, that sort of thing, taking on that role. Of course, they were no longer needed. It changed. People came away from that.

We're looking at inspired individuals, charismatic individuals, which were playing that role, perhaps gifted storytellers or, I don't know, shamans, that sort of thing, taking on that role. Of course, they were no longer needed. It changed. People came away from that.

We're looking at inspired individuals, charismatic individuals, which were playing that role, perhaps gifted storytellers or, I don't know, shamans, that sort of thing, taking on that role. Of course, they were no longer needed. It changed. People came away from that.

Of course, when subsistence changed, belief system changed, social structures changed, the site was no longer needed in that respect.