Building G at Göbekli Tepe is a smaller early PPNB ritual structure similar to cult buildings at Nevalı Çori excavated by Harald Hauptmann. Building G likely dates after the main special buildings fell out of use, suggesting ritual activity persisted in smaller forms. A teenage girl was buried in hocker position in a subfloor grave west of Building A.
Building G and subfloor burial reveal ritual activity persisting into late occupation
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Key facts
- Building G is a smaller ritual building of early PPNB date, mid-10th millennium BC, comparable to cult buildings at Nevali Cori excavated by Harald Hauptmann in the 1980s-90s
- The first T-pillar building was excavated by Hauptmann at Nevali Cori before it was submerged by the Ataturk reservoir
- Building G likely dates after the main special buildings fell out of use, suggesting ritual activity continued in smaller forms
- Ritual activity may have gradually decreased and moved into the domestic sphere over time
- A subfloor burial was found next to Building A of a teenager, probably female, in crouched (hocker) position
- The burial was placed directly under what was someone's floor, in the room adjacent to Building A to the west
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