Dr. Lee Clare

And I think it's just a question of time with the more intense investigations going on down in the region now in Shannon Wolf. I think we will find the predecessors of Gobekli Tepe.

And I think it's just a question of time with the more intense investigations going on down in the region now in Shannon Wolf. I think we will find the predecessors of Gobekli Tepe.

There is one site that's quite early that's within the frame of the Tashtepela project, looking at these sites in the region, the Neolithic sites, which is PP&A in date, which is like, you know, early 10th millennium or mid 10th millennium, sorry. But as I say, the majority of sites down there, we're looking at like sort of late 10th and 9th millennium BC.

There is one site that's quite early that's within the frame of the Tashtepela project, looking at these sites in the region, the Neolithic sites, which is PP&A in date, which is like, you know, early 10th millennium or mid 10th millennium, sorry. But as I say, the majority of sites down there, we're looking at like sort of late 10th and 9th millennium BC.

There is one site that's quite early that's within the frame of the Tashtepela project, looking at these sites in the region, the Neolithic sites, which is PP&A in date, which is like, you know, early 10th millennium or mid 10th millennium, sorry. But as I say, the majority of sites down there, we're looking at like sort of late 10th and 9th millennium BC.

Okay. I mean, PPN is the abbreviation for pre-pottery Neolithic.

Okay. I mean, PPN is the abbreviation for pre-pottery Neolithic.

Okay. I mean, PPN is the abbreviation for pre-pottery Neolithic.

Which means, obviously, as I said earlier, we have this sort of Neolithic process going on. And pottery, the production of pottery is one of the things that comes in during the Neolithicization. And at this point in time, we have sedentary populations. We have other things going on like, I don't know, cultivation of wild cereal, but we don't yet have pottery.

Which means, obviously, as I said earlier, we have this sort of Neolithic process going on. And pottery, the production of pottery is one of the things that comes in during the Neolithicization. And at this point in time, we have sedentary populations. We have other things going on like, I don't know, cultivation of wild cereal, but we don't yet have pottery.

Which means, obviously, as I said earlier, we have this sort of Neolithic process going on. And pottery, the production of pottery is one of the things that comes in during the Neolithicization. And at this point in time, we have sedentary populations. We have other things going on like, I don't know, cultivation of wild cereal, but we don't yet have pottery.

So it's getting there gradually, but we don't have pottery yet. That's where we term it pre-pottery Neolithic. And the pre-Pottery Neolithic is then split up into different blocks, into an A block, into a B block. And the B also is separated, or we distinguish between an early PPNB, a middle PPNB, and a late PPNB.

So it's getting there gradually, but we don't have pottery yet. That's where we term it pre-pottery Neolithic. And the pre-Pottery Neolithic is then split up into different blocks, into an A block, into a B block. And the B also is separated, or we distinguish between an early PPNB, a middle PPNB, and a late PPNB.

So it's getting there gradually, but we don't have pottery yet. That's where we term it pre-pottery Neolithic. And the pre-Pottery Neolithic is then split up into different blocks, into an A block, into a B block. And the B also is separated, or we distinguish between an early PPNB, a middle PPNB, and a late PPNB.

So to give you a rough sort of chronology for that, we said the PPNA starts roughly about 9,500 BC, so at the beginning of the early Holocene, the climate amelioration, and goes about 8,700. At 8,700, we've got the PPNB coming in with the early PPNB. which goes about 8,200 and the middle PPMB starts, et cetera, et cetera.

So to give you a rough sort of chronology for that, we said the PPNA starts roughly about 9,500 BC, so at the beginning of the early Holocene, the climate amelioration, and goes about 8,700. At 8,700, we've got the PPNB coming in with the early PPNB. which goes about 8,200 and the middle PPMB starts, et cetera, et cetera.

So to give you a rough sort of chronology for that, we said the PPNA starts roughly about 9,500 BC, so at the beginning of the early Holocene, the climate amelioration, and goes about 8,700. At 8,700, we've got the PPNB coming in with the early PPNB. which goes about 8,200 and the middle PPMB starts, et cetera, et cetera.

So, you know, we're looking really at the early, the PPNA is the earliest sort of manifestation of this pre-pottery Neolithic in the region.

So, you know, we're looking really at the early, the PPNA is the earliest sort of manifestation of this pre-pottery Neolithic in the region.

So, you know, we're looking really at the early, the PPNA is the earliest sort of manifestation of this pre-pottery Neolithic in the region.