Archaeologists found the Sayburç relief on a bench in a Neolithic communal building. The video interprets the setting as a carved, roughly 18-by-25-foot chamber descending two or three levels, with edge benches, column-like corners and massive ceiling slabs. It says water systems run below and compares the features with Keçili Tepe and a predicted chamber at Karahan Tepe. 🪨
Video interprets Sayburç panel setting as a multi-level underground chamber
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- The Sayburç relief was found in 2021 in a Neolithic communal building dating to the ninth millennium BC.
- The video interprets the setting as a carved, two- to three-level chamber about 18 by 25 feet, with edge benches, column-like corners and massive ceiling slabs.
- The video says water systems run beneath it and compares the features with Keçili Tepe and a predicted chamber at Karahan Tepe; these are the presenter's interpretations.
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(PDF) Sayburç a mid-9th millennium BC site in the foothills of the Eastern ...researchgate.net
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic site at Sayburç is currently being studied as part of the Şanlıurfa Neo-lithic Research Project – Taş Tepler ...
Sayburç - Taş Tepelertastepeler.org
It has a stone wall built directly on the bedrock. The floor is carved out of the bedrock. As in other special buildings in the region, there is a bench along ...
Sayburc Archaeological Site Guide | Go Türkiyegoturkiye.com
One of the partially excavated structures has a circular plan, probably 15 m in diameter, with a base carved into the bedrock. This is a gathering place used ...
The Sayburç reliefs: a narrative scene from the Neolithiccambridge.org
by E Özdoğan · 2022 · Cited by 39 — Excavation of the site began in 2021, which revealed two separate Pre-Pottery Neolithic occupations. The first, which comprises communal ...
Neolithic carvings discovered in Turkey may represent the ...the-past.com
... Sayburç reliefs are unique in that they are presented across two horizontally adjacent panels, and so appear to tell the progression of a story.
11000-year-old carving may be earliest narrative scenephys.org
Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest known narrative scene, telling an ancient story, at the 11,000-year-old site of Sayburç ...
Sayburç: World's Oldest Narrative Rock Relief | Pilgrim Mappilgrimmap.com
Sayburç holds humanity's oldest narrative scene — a 12000-year carved relief of humans and leopards, found inside a Neolithic communal building near ...
The Sayburç reliefs: a narrative scene from the Neolithicresearchgate.net
It constitutes the earliest known depiction of a narrative 'scene', and reflects the complex relationship between humans, the natural world and ...
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