Göbekli Tepe

Göbekli Tepe, Turkish for "Potbelly Hill", is an archaeological site in the of, approximately 7 miles northeast of the city of.

Backfill mystery
One the biggest mysteries surrounding is—why was the site completely buried, so as to be submersed into a hill-like mound, purposely done no earlier than 8,000 BCE? The site has gone under three excavations levels, with Klaus Schmidt convinced that there is even more to be unearthed.

The site was deliberately backfilled sometime after 8000 BCE; the buildings were buried under debris, littered with mostly flint gravel, stone tools, and animal bones. Weapon and arrowheads, such as -points, -points, -points and Aswad-points dominated the backfill's lithic inventory.

Resources

 * Discussion
 * http://sacredgeometryinternational.com/5-questions-gobekli-tepe-answered-graham-hancock-randall-carlson