Published May 1, 2017
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MORE THAN A VULTURE: A RESPONSE TO SWEATMAN AND TSIKRITSIS
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- 1. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Podbielskiallee 69–71, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
- 2. Carsten Niebuhr Centre for Multicultural Heritage Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies – ToRS University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixen Plads 8, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
- 3. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Istanbul, Inönü Caddesi 10 TR-34437 Gümüssuyu-Istanbul, Turkey
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In a paper recently published in this journal, Martin B. Sweatman and Dimitrios Tsikritsis from the University of Edinburgh (School of Engineering) have suggested an interpretation for the early Neolithic monumental enclosures at Göbekli Tepe as space observatories and the site's complex iconography the commemoration of a catastrophic astronomical event ('Younger Dryas Comet Impact'). As the archaeologists excavating this site, we would like to comment on a few points that we feel require consideration in this discussion.
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