# Dietrich 2012: The role of cult and feasting in the emergence of Neolithic communities. New evidence from Göbekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey

> Oliver Dietrich, Manfred Heun, Jens Notroff et al., 2012. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the feasting evidence and the…

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# The role of cult and feasting in the emergence of Neolithic communities. New evidence from Göbekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey

Oliver Dietrich, Manfred Heun, Jens Notroff et al., 2012. _Antiquity_.

Argues from large stone vessels, oxalate residues and huge quantities of animal bone that feasting, possibly with fermented cereal drinks, drew labour to the site, and that this helps explain how a hunter-gatherer society built it.

**Göbekli Tepe** Articledoi: **[10.1017/S0003598X00047840](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00047840)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the feasting evidence and the labour-mobilisation argument.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Work parties were drawn by large feasts, possibly with fermented drinks, that created obligations.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/answers/ANS0D9573SP6JGQ/work-parties-were-drawn-by-large-feasts-possibly-with)

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[Huge quantities of game bone and 160-litre limestone troughs with oxalate residues.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D95741G1C1E/huge-quantities-of-game-bone-and-160-litre-limestone-troughs)

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

The mystery article

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[How did hunter-gatherers organise the labour to quarry, carve and raise the pillars?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/questions/QST0D956VZP4VS1/how-did-hunter-gatherers-organise-the-labour-to-quarry-carve)

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## Cite it

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Dietrich, O., Heun, M., Notroff, J., Schmidt, K., & Zarnkow, M. (2012). The role of cult and feasting in the emergence of Neolithic communities. New evidence from Göbekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey. Antiquity. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00047840
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00047840)

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