Jens Notroff Explains the Secrets of Göbekli Tepe

Thanks to Jens Notroff of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI, the German Archaeological Institute) for sharing his experience of the site in this in-depth interview and for sharing his fantastic artwork from the site.

Thanks to Jonida Martini for video editing and graphic design, as well as help with the captions.

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The Tepe Telegrams are a fantastic resource for those interested in Göbekli Tepe, with accessible writing by archaeologists.

https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

Relevant Essays in the Tepe Telegrams:

A Sanctuary … or so fair a House? https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

Beginning social complexity during the Early Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia: a view from Göbekli Tepe. https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

The current distribution of sites with T-shaped pillars. https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

The death of an aurochs: Göbekli Tepe, Pillar 66, Enclosure H. https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

Emblematic signs? On the iconography of animals at Göbekli Tepe. https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

How did they do it? Making and moving monoliths at Göbekli Tepe. https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

How old is it? Dating Göbekli Tepe. https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

Neolithic Gathering and Feasting at the Beginning of Food Production. https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

On the hunt, some 12.000 years ago: An aurochs bone with hunting lesion from Göbekli Tepe. https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

Who built Göbekli Tepe? https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

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Academic Reading & Citations (most are open access)

Dietrich, L. et al. 2019. Cereal processing at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, southeastern Turkey. PLoS ONE: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

Dietrich, L. et al. 2020. Investigating the function of Pre-Pottery Neolithic stone troughs from Göbekli Tepe – An integrated approach. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Dietrich, O. et al. 2012. The role of cult and feasting in the emergence of Neolithic communities. New evidence from Göbekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...

Dietrich, O. et al. 2013. Establishing a Radiocarbon Sequence for Göbekli Tepe. State of Research and New Data. Neo-Lithics. https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Lang et al. 2013. Gazelle behaviour and human presence at early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, south-east Anatolia. World Archaeology. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

Lichter 2014. 'Temples’ in the Neolithic and Copper Age in Southeast Europe. Documenta Praehistorica 41.1. https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Notroff et al. 2017. More than a vulture: a response to Sweatman and Tsiktrisis. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. https://www.maajournal.com/index.php/...

Peters and Schmidt 2004. Animals in the symbolic world of Pre-Pottery Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey: a preliminary assessment. Anthropozoologica. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/de...