March 16, 2017 Journal article Open Access

Sweatman, Martin B.; Tsikritsis, Dimitrios

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  "description": "<p>We have interpreted much of the symbolism of G\u00f6bekli Tepe in terms of astronomical events. By matching low-relief carvings on some of the pillars at G\u00f6bekli Tepe to star asterisms we find compelling evidence that the famous \u2018Vulture Stone\u2019 is a date stamp for 10950 BC \u00b1 250 yrs, which corresponds closely to the proposed Younger Dryas event, estimated at 10890 BC. We also find evidence that a key function of G\u00f6bekli Tepe was to observe meteor showers and record cometary encounters. Indeed, the people of G\u00f6bekli Tepe appear to have had a special interest in the Taurid meteor stream, the same meteor stream that is proposed as responsible for the Younger-Dryas event. Is G\u00f6bekli Tepe the \u2018smoking gun\u2019 for the Younger-Dryas cometary encounter, and hence for coherent catastrophism?</p>", 
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode", 
  "creator": [
    {
      "affiliation": "School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. EH9 3JL", 
      "@type": "Person", 
      "name": "Sweatman, Martin B."
    }, 
    {
      "affiliation": "School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. EH9 3JL", 
      "@type": "Person", 
      "name": "Tsikritsis, Dimitrios"
    }
  ], 
  "headline": "DECODING G\u00d6BEKLI TEPE WITH ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?", 
  "image": "https://zenodo.org/static/img/logos/zenodo-gradient-round.svg", 
  "datePublished": "2017-03-16", 
  "url": "https://zenodo.org/record/400780", 
  "keywords": [
    "symbolism", 
    "Younger Dryas", 
    "comet", 
    "Taurid meteor", 
    "asterism", 
    "coherent catastrophism"
  ], 
  "@context": "https://schema.org/", 
  "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.400780", 
  "@id": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.400780", 
  "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", 
  "name": "DECODING G\u00d6BEKLI TEPE WITH ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?"
}