Hello and welcome to “The Tepe Telegrams” weblog. This note here is to inform you that the website has moved and now is part of the recently launched blog portal of the German Archaeological Institute. More news and notes from the Göbekli Tepe research staff now can be found at: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams| The Tepe Telegrams
Today Dr Lee Clare and the Göbekli Tepe research team had the great privilege to greet the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, at the Göbekli Tepe World Heritage Site. Our Excavation Director, Celal Uludağ gave a tour of the main excavation area, highlighting the latest research results and briefing the Minister … Continue reading Turkish Minister of Culture visits Göbekli Tepe (22nd September 2018)| The Tepe Telegrams
Sadly we have to pass the news that on August 2, Prof. em. Harald Hauptmann passed away. Professor Hauptmann was the former director of the Istanbul Department at the German Archaeological Institute, and, what many people may not be aware of, played a unique role in the initiation of excavations and research at Göbekli Tepe. … Continue reading In memory of Harald Hauptmann (1936-2018)| The Tepe Telegrams
Since recently there has been renewed interest in the results of geophysical survey undertaken at Göbekli Tepe in the years 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2012 we put together this short overview on these works and their results – which helped to understand the extension of the Neolithic site and its monuments even in those parts … Continue reading Looking beneath the surface: Geophysical surveys at Göbekli Tepe| The Tepe Telegrams
(After the announcement of the forthcoming decision on the World Heritage status of the site, culturalheritage.news, the Archaeological Heritage Network’s (ArcHerNet) [external link] blog, has just published another article by Eva Götting [external link] on the final addition of the archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. We are gladly sharing it here.) … Continue reading Göbekli Tepe Added to World Heritage List (Turkey)| The Tepe Telegrams
The Göbekli Tepe Research Team would like to congratulate the State Party of Turkey on the inscription of Göbekli Tepe on the prestigious list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. At the 42nd Session of the World Heritage Committee, currently underway in Bahrain (Manama), the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the site has been underlined. Accordingly, … Continue reading Göbekli Tepe now a UNESCO World Heritage Site!| The Tepe Telegrams
Göbekli Tepe is one of the most impressive Stone Age sites in the world. On June 24 the World Heritage Committee will decide if the site is going to be included in the World Heritage List. Find out more about recent developements at Göbekli Tepe! (This text by Eva Götting was first published June 22nd … Continue reading Göbekli Tepe – Soon a new World Heritage site in Turkey?| The Tepe Telegrams
Plant food is a factor so far slightly neglected in research about Göbekli Tepe. We are now aiming to close this gap [read more here and here]. Preliminary results on grinding equipment from Göbekli Tepe and experimental approaches will be presented at this year´s Awrana (Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts, external link) conference … Continue reading Plant food management as a prerequisite for monumental building at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe| The Tepe Telegrams
(A longer and more extensive version of this text was originally published recently: O. Dietrich, J. Notroff, L. Dietrich, Masks and Masquerade in the Early Neolithic: A view from Upper Mesopotamia, Time and Mind 11:1, 2018, 3-21 [external link].) Among early prehistoric masks, those from the Judean Hills and Desert [external link] can be considered … Continue reading Behind the Mask: Early Neolithic miniature masks (and one larger-than-life example) from Göbekli Tepe (and beyond).| The Tepe Telegrams
According recent media reports [external link] the Şanlıurfa Haleplibahçe Museum and the municipality of Şanlıurfa, which are responsible for the archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe, have now enabl…| The Tepe Telegrams
