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First burials give insights into mortuary rites at Göbeklitepe, Early Neolithic Türkiye

Julia Gresky, Lee Clare, 2026. PLOS ONE.

The first two intact burials from the site, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, mid-9th millennium BC. Taphonomic analysis suggests the scattered human bone in the enclosure fills came in part from burials displaced by settlement deposits sliding downslope.

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Gresky, J., & Clare, L. (2026). First burials give insights into mortuary rites at Göbeklitepe, Early Neolithic Türkiye. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0358979
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