# Enclosure D was built about 9500 BC and the others followed over several centuries, not at once.

> Most likely: Enclosure D was built about 9500 BC and the others followed over several centuries, not at once.

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# Enclosure D was built about 9500 BC and the others followed over several centuries, not at once.

Enclosure D was built about 9500 BC and the others followed over several centuries, not at once.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Construction-phase dates from A, B and C fall later than D's.

## What would rule it out

- Plaster or foundation dates from A, B and C that overlap D's at 95%.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Enclosure A charcoal is late 10th to earliest 9th millennium, with a mid-9th millennium date beneath a fallen…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D9572307SR8/enclosure-a-charcoal-is-late-10th-to-earliest-9th-millennium)

Supported

FOR

[Wall plaster from Enclosure D (KIA-44149): 9745–9314 cal BC; charcoal from the same enclosure 9664–9311 cal…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D9571V620FV/wall-plaster-from-enclosure-d-kia-44149-97459314-cal-bc)

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FOR

## The questions it answers

[When were the enclosures built, and in what order?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/questions/QST0D956VQW0DZC/when-were-the-enclosures-built-and-in-what-order)

Most likelyEnclosure D was built about 9500 BC and the others followed over several centuries, not at once

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Enclosure D was built about 9500 BC and the others followed over several centuries, not at once. [Answer ANS0D9571KC2PS9]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9571KC2PS9
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