# The enclosures are substantially older than the radiocarbon dates, about 11000 BC.

> Disputed: The enclosures are substantially older than the radiocarbon dates, about 11000 BC.

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# The enclosures are substantially older than the radiocarbon dates, about 11000 BC.

The enclosures are substantially older than the radiocarbon dates, about 11000 BC.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Construction contexts yield dates in the 11th millennium BC.

## What would rule it out

- All construction-context dates fall in the 10th millennium BC or later.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[No radiocarbon date from the site is older than the late 10th millennium BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D9573A206JF/no-radiocarbon-date-from-the-site-is-older-than-the-late)

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AGAINST

## 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). The enclosures are substantially older than the radiocarbon dates, about 11000 BC. [Answer ANS0D9573281SZG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9573281SZG
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