Göbekli Tepe's residential areas reveal surprisingly small cellular rooms rather than large communal spaces. Drilled stone holes may have anchored textiles to create privacy, while some rooms held storage vessels in situ, built-in benches, and ambiguous layouts. Archaeologists still debate whether each structure is a house or a single room.
Göbekli Tepe cellular rooms and tether points as spatial innovation
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- Göbekli Tepe features drilled holes through stone that served as tether points, possibly for hanging textiles to create private spaces
- Residential areas at Göbekli Tepe contain very small cellular rooms rather than large communal spaces
- Some rooms at Göbekli Tepe contained storage vessels found in situ, suggesting purpose-built storage rooms
- Some rooms had built-in benches that may have functioned as beds or work surfaces
- Archaeologists debate whether each small structure is a single house or a room within a larger house
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