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The last couple of pictures, of the eyes and the bird, are really neat. Göbeklitepe continues to provide interesting results.

It's kind of comforting and exciting that we have so much yet to uncover about the past.

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I take great comfort in trying to figure out why these sites were buried. I believe the current understanding is that that were carefully covered with dirt contemporaneously with usage.

There is a theory that they were not intentionally buried after all, but rather that the deposits were the result of geological processes .. apparently they've found arrowheads in the deposit layers that demonstrate that the filling material was deposited over hundreds, or even thousands, of years ..

That makes a lot more sense to me. Do you have a source for more info. I think that would imply a social collapse that could no longer maintain their infrastructure.

Both the Miniminuteman and "The Prehistory Guys" channels on Youtube have featured more details on an analysis of the covering layers of Goebekli Tepe - you might want to check those channels out for more details.

If I remember correctly only a small portion of the site was actually excavated mostly to preserve everything from erosion.

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