12,000-Years-Old! YOUNGER DRYAS Site of Çakmaktepe: 2024 Taş Tepeler Update

Precisely 60 km due west of Karahan Tepe is one of the 12 Tas Tepeler sites of SE Anatolia, a site with origins older than Göbeklitepe, Karahantepe, Harbetsuvan Tepesi, Sefer Tepe and Sayburç.

This is Cakmaktepe, an early Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site that was discovered using satellite image analysis in 2021. In the same year it was discovered, excavation work began, a joint project by archaeologists from Çukurova University and Şanlıurfa Museum, part of the Tas Tepeler Project. In 2022, the University of Tsukuba, Japan, was also included in the excavations.

I made a video on this long-lost settlement 2 years ago, but with more excavation and new published information, I thought it was time to re-visit Cakmaktepe, and give you an up-to-date overview of this very important site.

Watch my previous video here:    • Çakmaktepe: The Missing Link & Older ...   and please enjoy this update with some new information, new pictures and new explanations and ideas.

All images come from Google Earth, Google Images and the below sources for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video, and please leave a comment below. Thank you.

Contents:
0:00 Introduction
2:59 Çakmaktepe: Location and Size
4:33 Ancient Dwellings & Enclosures
5:46 Special Purpose Buildings
7:26 Wooden Pillars not Stone T-Shapes
9:07 Animal Skull Rituals
9:43 Finds and Artefacts
11:22 Concluding Remarks

Sources:
https://www.surkav.org.tr/images/uplo...
https://thebrainchamber.com/cakmaktepe/
https://www.youtube.com/live/ueAUcFBC...
https://www.urfahaber63.com/cakmaktep...
https://www.yenicizgihaber.com/yerel/...
https://www.academia.edu/102894828/An...

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