Excavation at Boncuklu Tarla in Mardin province, southeastern Turkey, revealing stone structures and carved stele from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period. Di
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Excavation at Boncuklu Tarla in Mardin province, southeastern Turkey, revealing stone structures and carved stele from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period. Discovered in 2008 during the Ilisu Dam salvage excavations, the site predates Gobekli Tepe in some phases and shows evidence of early communal ritual architecture.
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