R33 - Göbekli Tepe: State-of-the-art

Session Organisers: Lee Clare

Category: Near East

Session Abstract: Archaeological excavations have been underway at Göbekli Tepe since the mid-1990s. Since 2009, these works have been supported by a long-term funding grant from the German Research Association (DFG). Originally directed by Klaus Schmidt, responsibility for this research project, "The Prehistoric Societies of Upper Mesopotamia and their Subsistence", passed to Ricardo Eichmann (DAI-Orient) in 2014. Since 2019, the project has comprised three main parts: Archaeology, archaeozoology and physical geography, with Lee Clare (DAI Istanbul), Joris Peters (LMU Munich) and Brigitta Schütt (FU Berlin) acting as primary investigators. In 2020, following the retirement of R. Eichmann, L. Clare took over as DFG project leader, with the site directorship passing to Necmi Karul (Istanbul University) in the same year. The last few years have witnessed great changes at Göbekli Tepe, not only due to UNESCO inscription in 2018, which has culminated in a visible increase in visitors, but also in the light of ongoing fieldwork, which has led to new insights around the function of the prehistoric settlement. This session brings together numerous experts who have been active in the scientific research at the UNESCO World Heritage Site over the last five years. Contributions will focus on many of the different sub-disciplines of the project, including building and landscape archaeology, physical geography, archaeobotany, archaeozoology, human anthropology, lithic studies and art and symbolism.

Room: I

05/11/2024

Start Time - End Time	Authors	Title
14:45 - 15:05	Lee Clare, Joris Peters, Brigitta Schütt	The Göbekli Tepe project: history, organisation, and research strategies
15:05 - 15:25	Stephanie Emra, Nadja Pöllath, Joris Peters	25 years of archaeozoological research at Göbekli Tepe, and future perspectives
15:25 - 15:45	Nadja Pöllath, Stephanie Emra, Joris Peters	Different strokes for different folks—diverse subsistence strategies at the transition to agriculture in the Upper Mesopotamia
15:45 - 16:05	Moritz Kinzel	Göbekli Tepe - Architecture

Coffee Break

Start Time - End Time	Authors	Title
16:30 - 16:50	Benny Waszk	Entrance to the built environment – Perception of space at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe
16:50 - 17:10	Julia Gresky, Necmi Karul, Lee Clare	Un-intentional modifications of the human bone fragments from Göbekli Tepe.
17:10 - 18:00	All Participants	Final Discussion