Sefer Tepe: A Gobekli Tepe-Inspired, 11,000-Year-Old Site in Turkey | Ancient Architects

My last two videos have focused on two of the 12 sites that make up the Tas tapeler archaeological project in Turkey, 12 sites around the Haran Plain that date to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic era of Ancient Anatolia, between 12,000 and 9,000 years ago. I next decided to travel east from Karahantepe to see what I could find out about Sefertepe, one of the lesser-known sites of the twelve. I must say that pictures from this site are few and far between, so apologies if this video is not visually appealing, but I will give you the information that’s available. Sefer Tepe was discovered in 2003, another Pre-Pottery Neolithic site located 72 km east of Sanliurfa. It’s a small, broad and shallow limestone mound at 700 m altitude above sea level, and the settlement is build directly onto the bedrock and covers an area of 1,000 square metres.