# Schmidt 2000: Göbekli Tepe, Southeastern Turkey. A Preliminary Report on the 1995-1999 Excavations

> Klaus Schmidt, 2000. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The baseline description of the site and the origin of the "sanctuary" reading.

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# Göbekli Tepe, Southeastern Turkey. A Preliminary Report on the 1995-1999 Excavations

Klaus Schmidt, 2000. _Paléorient_.

The first excavation report: the discovery of the T-shaped pillars, the circular enclosures of Layer III, the rectangular buildings of Layer II, and Schmidt's reading of the site as a Pre-Pottery Neolithic cult centre.

**Göbekli Tepe** Articledoi: **[10.3406/paleo.2000.4697](https://doi.org/10.3406/paleo.2000.4697)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The baseline description of the site and the origin of the "sanctuary" reading.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Klaus Schmidt begins excavation for the DAI and the Şanlıurfa Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/events/EVT0D956SHJ5KZ0/klaus-schmidt-begins-excavation-for-the-dai-and-the-sanlurfa)

EVT

[The mound is recorded in the Istanbul and Chicago universities' survey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/events/EVT0D956S9R7CKR/the-mound-is-recorded-in-the-istanbul-and-chicago)

EVT

[Göbekli Tepe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe)

The mystery article

MYS

[German Archaeological Institute (DAI)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/organisations/ORG0D956RT40PKV/german-archaeological-institute-dai)

ORG

## Cite it

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Schmidt, K. (2000). Göbekli Tepe, Southeastern Turkey. A Preliminary Report on the 1995-1999 Excavations. Paléorient. https://doi.org/10.3406/paleo.2000.4697
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3406/paleo.2000.4697)

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