The First 'Tepe' Before Göbekli Tepe | The Missing Link

During my recent tour of Turkey, I learned about a new discovery, yet another Pre-Pottery Neolithic site and for some reason this hasn’t permeated the Western Media.

It is even older than both Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe and it’s a site that nobody is talking about – well, until today. It’s called Mendiktepe.


I learned about this from Anyextee, whose channel I’ve linked here: / @anyextee , and now that I’m home I’ve been able to research the subject as much as I can.


There really isn’t a lot written, and there are not a lot of pictures or video published, but in this video, I’ll be telling you and showing you everything we know about what the Turkish Media are calling the oldest Taş Tepeler site in southeastern Anatolia.


00:00 - Introduction

00:26 - My Tour of Turkey

01:16 - New Taș Tepeler Site

02:04 - Exploring Mendiktepe

03:14 - Excavations at Mendiktepe

03:56 - Dating Mendiktepe

04:31 - Architectural Discoveries

06:57 - The First Settlers

09:05 - Where Did They Come From?

10:16 - Concluding Remarks


Matt Sibson
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