MORE THAN A VULTURE: A RESPONSE TO SWEATMAN AND TSIKRITSIS

Authors

  • Jens Notroff Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Podbielskiallee 69–71, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Moritz Kinzel 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
  • Oliver Dietrich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Podbielskiallee 69–71, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Laura Dietrich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Podbielskiallee 69–71, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Podbielskiallee 69–71, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Lee Clare Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Podbielskiallee 69–71, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Jonas Schlindwein Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Podbielskiallee 69–71, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

Keywords:

symbolism, Younger Dryas, comet, Taurid meteor, asterism, coherent catastrophism

Abstract

In a paper recently published in this journal, Martin B. Sweatman and Dimitrios Tsikritsis from the Universi- ty of Edinburgh (School of Engineering) have suggested an interpretation for the early Neolithic monumen- tal enclosures at Göbekli Tepe as space observatories and the site's complex iconography the commemora- tion 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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Published

2023-07-28

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2017)

Section

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