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Gobekli Tepe
Gobekli Tepe is an archeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region in modern Turkey, about seven miles northeast of Sanliurfa. Gobekli Tepe is dated to have been built around 12 KYA, placing it in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Period (2) and being abandoned at the end of the Pre-Pottery Neolthic B Era, about 8 KYA (1). The site drew interest because of a collection of large limestone pieces in the shape of T's speculated to be the world's first temple (2).

It is well known that this site was not meant for domestic use. No evidence of domesticated plants and animals have been found but it is thought that the people who inhabited the are were hunter-gatherers, there is very little evidence to provide archeologists about the

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