Astonishing revelations at Gobekli Tepe

GÖBEKLI TEPE REVEALED: What we know in 2022 | Dr. Lee Clare

(The Prehistory Guys, Feb. 6, 2022) Dr. Lee Clare is the research coordinator and archeologist in charge of the excavations at Göbekli Tepe.

He took on the position of research coordinator of the DFG long-term project at Göbekli Tepe in 2015 and in 2019 moved to the DAI’s Istanbul Department, where he is now acting consultant for prehistoric archeology.

The image of Göbekli Tepe in the wider world has become a bit distorted over time as far as we can tell and has not kept up with the most recent discoveries and interpretations.

We thought we’d go straight to the source and talk to the man who can give us the news on the excavations and current views on one of the oldest megalithic sites in the world. The world was thrilled to be able to talk with him (from his home in Istanbul) and are very excited at the prospect of one day being able to visit the site and expand knowledge further.

00:00 - Introduction

01:44 - What brought you into archeology?

04:26 - Göbekli Tepe as an institution

08:08 - Excavating a tourist attraction!

10:50 - Göbekli Tepe in its broader context

14:38 - How do settled hunter-gatherers subsist?

18:17 - Some Göbekli Tepe myths dismissed

25:00 - How the buildings at Göbekli Tepe are perceived

29:42 - The T-pillars are not monuments

34:43 - The T-pillars: arms but no heads and animal imagery

38:44 - Göbekli Tepe ‘back-fill’ re-interpreted

41:34 - Chronology of Göbekli Tepe rebuilds

44:24 - Human bones found in the rainwater cisterns.

45:51 - Lithics overload

47:25 - How much more is there still to be found?

48:59 - Are there other Göbekli Tepes?

52:06 - Göbekli Tepe: where we are now

53:49 - Goodbyes and acknowledgements

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