Karahan Tepe

Karahan Tepe is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic archaeological site in Şanlıurfa, Turkey [1]. The site is in the same geographical region as Göbekli Tepe, and archaeologists have also uncovered T-shaped stelae there and believe that the sites are related [1]. Additionally, the site may be the earliest known human village, predating the construction of Göbekli Tepe by several centuries, dating to between 10,000 and 9500 BC [1]. The site was filled with dirt and rubble at some point, preserving T-topped columns carved into bedrock [1]. The Karahan tepe archaeological site covers almost 10 hectares, which increases by another five hectares if the quarries for the T-shaped columns are included [1]. The site contains numerous T-shaped pillars similar to those of Gobekli Tepe [1].