# The enclosures were observatories and the reliefs record constellations and a dated sky event.

> Disputed: The enclosures were observatories and the reliefs record constellations and a dated sky event.

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# The enclosures were observatories and the reliefs record constellations and a dated sky event.

The enclosures were observatories and the reliefs record constellations and a dated sky event.

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

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Pillar orientations align to specific stars at the construction date.
- The animal reliefs correspond consistently to constellations across the whole corpus.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence that the pillars were moved from their original positions and that the buildings were roofed.

## Evidence none for · 2 against

[Pillars were re-used and moved, buildings were modified and probably roofed, and the proposed date is 700 to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D9570VY6PXQ/pillars-were-re-used-and-moved-buildings-were-modified-and)

Supported

AGAINST

[The reading uses a few pillars out of more than sixty and assumes modern constellations.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D95713R0H1C/the-reading-uses-a-few-pillars-out-of-more-than-sixty-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

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The enclosures were observatories and the reliefs record constellations and a dated sky event. [Answer ANS0D9570M4685S]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9570M4685S
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