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I find a couple of the comments to that article posits something interesting - at least to think about: This site, according to the article, was built by carvi

by cr0sh 10y ago

I find a couple of the comments to that article posits something interesting - at least to think about: This site, according to the article, was built by carving these stones, erecting them, then covering them up - the repeating the process on top of the covering, ultimately leading to this "hill". The carvings are of "dangerous creatures". At the bottom of the pits, they found limestone floors (which in the article they speculate it might be a large hunter-gather cemetery). So - why all this effort? In the comments, a couple of people speculate (and that's all it is - pure speculation with no other reasoning) that this site is a large "do not disturb, do not dig here". These speculation go on to suggest that, much like today we are trying to come up with symbols and/or symbology to denote our burying sites of long-lived radioactive waste - that perhaps something of this nature was done by these ancient people. Again - pure speculation, with no facts or other understanding to back it up - but the idea is interesting: Is it biological in nature? Some kind of ancient foe entombed to keep it from killing these hunters? Maybe an ancient "natural nuclear reactor" site that killed people with radiation? Cthulhu? Whatever the truth is (and the truth will likely be very mundane) - the above could easily be interesting fodder for a science fiction or fantasy author!

thanksforcoming 10y ago
It's been a few years, but I remember learning about Gobekli Tepe in one of my humanities classes in college. The theory I learned is that it was a non-permanent gathering/ceremonial site (for what reason isn't exactly known), but this article neglects to mention one very interesting thing - there's trace evidence of beer at the site! Makes you wonder what grains were used for first, beer or bread... Also the role that alcohol plays in the rise of civilization. Would these people be warring or otherwise combatitive if they didn't gather every year to drink and feast? http://www.livescience.com/25855-stone-age-beer-brewery-discovered.html http://www.livescience.com/25855-stone-age-beer-brewery-disc...
- wl 10y ago
  The world's oldest beer recipe, the Hymn to Ninkasi[0], uses the grain for bread ("bappir") first. The bread is then turned into beer. [0] http://www.piney.com/BabNinkasi.html http://www.piney.com/BabNinkasi.html
- mc32 10y ago
  Since people can get alcohol from palm wine [which is pretty universal in warmer clines] already maybe initially from an accidentally fermented vat, might people use grain primarily for food and only use it for alcohol if they had surplus that would go bad if unused?

by cr0sh 10y ago

thanksforcoming 10y ago

It's been a few years, but I remember learning about Gobekli Tepe in one of my humanities classes in college. The theory I learned is that it was a non-permanent gathering/ceremonial site (for what reason isn't exactly known), but this article neglects to mention one very interesting thing - there's trace evidence of beer at the site! Makes you wonder what grains were used for first, beer or bread... Also the role that alcohol plays in the rise of civilization. Would these people be warring or otherwise combatitive if they didn't gather every year to drink and feast? http://www.livescience.com/25855-stone-age-beer-brewery-discovered.html http://www.livescience.com/25855-stone-age-beer-brewery-disc...

wl 10y ago
The world's oldest beer recipe, the Hymn to Ninkasi[0], uses the grain for bread ("bappir") first. The bread is then turned into beer. [0] http://www.piney.com/BabNinkasi.html http://www.piney.com/BabNinkasi.html
mc32 10y ago
Since people can get alcohol from palm wine [which is pretty universal in warmer clines] already maybe initially from an accidentally fermented vat, might people use grain primarily for food and only use it for alcohol if they had surplus that would go bad if unused?