# The enclosures were large roofed houses in a society that did not separate sacred from domestic space.

> Disputed: The enclosures were large roofed houses in a society that did not separate sacred from domestic space.

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# The enclosures were large roofed houses in a society that did not separate sacred from domestic space.

The enclosures were large roofed houses in a society that did not separate sacred from domestic space.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Roof supports, floors and domestic refuse inside the enclosures.
- Finds inside match those of PPN houses elsewhere.

## What would rule it out

- Floors and installations in the enclosures that differ systematically from those in the rectangular Layer II buildings and from PPN houses in the region.

## Evidence 1 for · 2 against

[Lithics, bone and grinding tools from the fills look like settlement debris.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D956YDT4QQH/lithics-bone-and-grinding-tools-from-the-fills-look-like)

Suggestive

FOR

[Ordinary houses with small T-pillars exist at Karahan Tepe alongside much larger pillar buildings, so the two…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D956YXE5KXJ/ordinary-houses-with-small-t-pillars-exist-at-karahan-tepe)

Suggestive

AGAINST

[The enclosures are far larger than known PPN dwellings and lack hearths and domestic installations.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D956YNM1G07/the-enclosures-are-far-larger-than-known-ppn-dwellings-and)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What were the pillar buildings of Göbekli Tepe for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/questions/QST0D956VG255C1/what-were-the-pillar-buildings-of-gobekli-tepe-for)

Most likelyThe enclosures were roofed communal and ritual buildings within a permanent hunter-gatherer settlement

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