c. 12,000 BCE
Society
Anatolia
Gobekli Tepe
Monumental carved stone enclosures raised by people who had not yet farmed.
Why it mattered
Overturned the assumption that agriculture must precede monumental religion.
Stone Age
12,000 BCE
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