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Çakmaktepe

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Pre-pottery Neolithic site near Göbekli Tepe, recently proven to be older than Göbekli Tepe by ~500 years (potentially c. 12,000 years old). Megalithomania observed a T-pillar lying on the ground here before excavation began. As of 2025, a Japanese archaeological team is starting proper excavation. Part of the Taş Tepeler complex that is rewriting Neolithic chronology.

37.2500°, 38.9600°

Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stones heavier than the period's tools could lift; dating rests on thin stratigraphic evidence.
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