# Sweatman 2017: Decoding Göbekli Tepe with archaeoastronomy: what does the fox say?

> Martin B. Sweatman, Dimitrios Tsikritsis, 2017. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The astronomical reading in the question tree; cited for the…

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# Decoding Göbekli Tepe with archaeoastronomy: what does the fox say?

Martin B. Sweatman, Dimitrios Tsikritsis, 2017. _Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry_.

Reads the animals on Pillar 43 as constellations and dates the scene to 10950 BC ± 250 years, linking it to a proposed Younger Dryas comet impact.

**Göbekli Tepe** Articledoi: **[10.5281/zenodo.400780](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.400780)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The astronomical reading in the question tree; cited for the claim, not as evidence.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The enclosures are substantially older than the radiocarbon dates, about 11000 BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/answers/ANS0D9573281SZG/the-enclosures-are-substantially-older-than-the-radiocarbon)

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[The enclosures were observatories and the reliefs record constellations and a dated sky event.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/answers/ANS0D9570M4685S/the-enclosures-were-observatories-and-the-reliefs-record)

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

The mystery article

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[What do the reliefs and the V marks on Pillar 43 mean?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/questions/QST0D956W7G37QZ/what-do-the-reliefs-and-the-v-marks-on-pillar-43-mean)

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## Cite it

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Sweatman, M. B., & Tsikritsis, D. (2017). Decoding Göbekli Tepe with archaeoastronomy: what does the fox say?. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.400780
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.400780)

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