Göbekli Tepe contains no burial sites; instead, archaeologists have found pits containing human bones mixed with animal bones and flint tools.
Sources
- Hints of Skull Cult Found at World's Oldest Temple (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700564 (science.org)
- https://www.dainst.org/en/research/projects/noslug/3942 (dainst.org)
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