# Dietrich 2015: A sanctuary, or so fair a house? In defense of an archaeology of cult at Pre-Pottery Neolithic Göbekli Tepe

> Oliver Dietrich, Jens Notroff, 2015. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The counter-case to the house reading.

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# A sanctuary, or so fair a house? In defense of an archaeology of cult at Pre-Pottery Neolithic Göbekli Tepe

Oliver Dietrich, Jens Notroff, 2015. _Defining the Sacred: Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion in the Near East (Oxbow)_.

The excavation team's reply to Banning: the scale of the pillars, the absence of hearths and domestic installations inside the enclosures, and the burial of the buildings are read as marks of special-purpose architecture.

**Göbekli Tepe** Chapterdoi: **[10.2307/j.ctvh1dspq.11](https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh1dspq.11)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The counter-case to the house reading.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[The enclosures are far larger than known PPN dwellings and lack hearths and domestic installations.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D956YNM1G07/the-enclosures-are-far-larger-than-known-ppn-dwellings-and)

Evidence

EVD

[The enclosures lack the hearths, floors and installations found in PPN houses.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D956X6R1WNM/the-enclosures-lack-the-hearths-floors-and-installations)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Dietrich, O., & Notroff, J. (2015). A sanctuary, or so fair a house? In defense of an archaeology of cult at Pre-Pottery Neolithic Göbekli Tepe. Defining the Sacred: Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion in the Near East (Oxbow). https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh1dspq.11
```

[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh1dspq.11)

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