Boy, am I tired of hearing about Gobekli Tepe. Pardon the pun, but it's become a monument to those who cannot distinguish speculation from data. The truth is that no one really knows what the site was for, who built, or why it was built. No one knows the meaning of...
Göbekli Tepe
The Myth of Gobekli Tepe: What the Archaeological Fringe Isn’t Telling You
If you're into archaeology, neolithic civilization, ancient religion and, of course, paleobabble, you've head of Gobekli Tepe. But in case not, Gobekli Tepe is an archaeological site in Turkey whose use dates back to the 10th-8th millennium B.C. The site has been...
Easter Island, Gobekli Tepe, and Robert Schoch
Kudos are once again in order for Jason Colavito's seemingly boundless enthusiasm for exposing poor thinking (having a PhD doesn't mean someone thinks well ... boy could I tell stories). Anyway, Jason recently wrote the two essays that follow. They are in regard to...