Episode 222

Let's Gö to Neolithic Anatolia

The Neolithic period in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) saw lots of changes happening. Hunter-gatherers gradually adopted a less schleppy lifestyle, embracing agriculture. This happened over thousands of years, and wasn't quite the dramatic "rise of cities and civilization" that often describes the Neolithic. But speaking of cities...what's up with those T-shaped pillars and animal carvings, huh?

It's five years in, pals, and we're finally talking about Göbekli Tepe, with our signature flavor of "hey what about the people that lived there, though?" We discuss the idea of the "Neolithic Revolution," the brainchild(e) of archaeologist V.G. Childe, and the pitfalls of flattening time into "ages."

Title drafts for this episode included:

Let's GÖ(bekli Tepe)

The Dirt is a T-shaped Pillar of the Community

The Revolution Will Be Podcasted

Show notes:


Neolithic Period - World History Encyclopedia


https://lens.idai.world/?url=/repository/eDAI-F_2020-2/eDAI-F_Clare.xml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Gordon_Childe

Gobekli Tepe - Download Free 3D model by rmark (@rmark) [5a4d25c]

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/new-karahantepe-settlement-may-be-older-than-gobeklitepe/news


Geometry and Architectural Planning at Göbekli Tepe, Turkey | Cambridge Archaeological Journal


An Investigation of Ancient Water Collection and Storage Systems Near the Karahantepe Neolithic Site Using UAV and GIS


The phallus of the greatest archeological finding of the new millenia: an untold story of Gobeklitepe dated back 12 milleniums | International Journal of Impotence Research


Bread and porridge at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe: A new method to recognize products of cereal processing using quantitative functional analyses on grinding stones - ScienceDirect



“HUNTING GROUND ECONOMY” AND THE ROLE OF SPECULATIVE “KNOWLEDGE”*** GÖBEKLİ TEPE KÜLT


https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/death-rituals-social-order-and-the-archaeology-of-immortality-in-the-ancient-world/gathering-of-the-dead-the-early-neolithic-sanctuaries-of-gobekli-tepe-southeastern-turkey/4DD3B6952FED9057D595DE0E9D8C910F


(PDF) Buried Buildings at Pre-Pottery Neolithic Karahantepe/ Karahantepe Çanak Çömleksiz Neolitik Dönem Gömülü Yapıları / 2021


BAOBAB Yayınları - Kitaplar: Tepe


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