12.000-Year-Old Special Purpose Building Discovered

Boncuklu Tarla is one of the truly remarkable ancient sites of Turkey that pre-dates the world famous Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe, so new discoveries here are helping us paint a better picture of the development of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic.

I made a video on Boncuklu Tarla in October 2021 which showed how 30 houses, 6 public structures, 130 skeletons, 50-100,000 beads, pendants and bracelets and other magnificent finds have been discovered. It has phases of archaeology spanning the late Epi-Palaeolithic through to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and B, starting life before the Younger Dryas, with continuous occupation throughout and after this climatic downturn.


Now archaeologists have made a new discovery at the site, which is located in the Mardin Province of southeastern Turkey, and this is the remains of a public building thought to be 12,000 years old, a public building being a central oval enclosure like what we see at other sites like Gobekli Tepe.


Watch this video to find out more about this new discovery and the enigmatic site of Boncuklu Tarla.


All images are taken from Google Images and publications from the German Archaeological Institute for educational purposes only.


Matt Sibson
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