“Potbelly Hill” in Turkish

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“Potbelly Hill” is the English translation of the Turkish name “Göbekli Tepe,” an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey considered one of the world’s oldest known temple complexes.

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“Potbelly Hill” in Turkish canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ
associatedWith hunter-gatherer societies ⓘ
burialStatus intentionally backfilled in prehistory ⓘ
chronology 10th–8th millennium BCE ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
countryCode TR ⓘ
countrySubdivision Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
discoveredBy Klaus Schmidt ⓘ
elevation approximately 760 metres above sea level ⓘ
estimatedConstructionPeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic A ⓘ
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B ⓘ
estimatedConstructionStart 10th millennium BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
Şanlıurfa Museum ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1990s ⓘ
feature T-shaped megalithic pillars ⓘ
central pillars in enclosures ⓘ
circular enclosures ⓘ
relief carvings of animals ⓘ
stone walls ⓘ
functionHypothesis ceremonial site ⓘ
ritual center ⓘ
hasReliefDepiction abstract symbols ⓘ
wild animals ⓘ
heritageDesignation Archaeological site of outstanding universal value ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Şanlıurfa Province ⓘ
locatedNear Şanlıurfa ⓘ
locatedOn Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
materialUsed limestone ⓘ
meaningOfName Potbelly Hill ⓘ
nameInEnglish Potbelly Hill ⓘ
nameInTurkish Göbekli Tepe ⓘ
linked to: Gobekli Tepe
nearbyCity Şanlıurfa ⓘ
period Early Neolithic ⓘ
region Southeastern Anatolia ⓘ
significance evidence for early monumental architecture ⓘ
one of the oldest known temple complexes in the world ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2018 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ

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Göbekli Tepe → nameMeaning → “Potbelly Hill” in Turkish ⓘ
subject linked to: Gobekli Tepe