Göbekli Tepe Part 2

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What we've learned so far about Göbekli Tepe, is what it appears
to be, which is that it is possibly the world's oldest sacred
temple. We think we know who built it: a collective of
hunter-gatherers, who had not yet learned the skills of
farming. We also think we know approximately when.
But the answers to the questions of how and why and what did it
all mean to these Neolithic peoples may not be so easily
obtained. In fact, since the 1960s at least in American
archaeology, a debate still rages as to how far and by what
methods archaeologists should proceed to interpret what they have
dug up. How closely should archaeology be tied to
anthropology, how much informed speculation about their beliefs
should be allowed and by whom? Processual and
Post-processual archaeology are two schools of thought within the
field that currently define this debate. Tonight we take a
closer look at the art, the architecture, and the symbolism from
Göbelki Tepe, and what it's lead archaeologist, Klaus Schmidt,
thought about what it may have represented to our prehistoric
ancestors. We also get closer to an even grander question,
did these ancient peoples know of events in earth's past that
would blow our modern minds?

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