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

Antiquity

Volumn 86, Issue 333, 2012, Pages 674-695

  Dietrich, Oliver ^a   Heun, Manfred ^b   Notroff, Jens ^a   Schmidt, Klaus ^a   Zarnkow, Martin ^c  

^a GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Beer; Congregation; Dancing; Drinking; Epipalaeolithic; Feasting; Monumentality; Pre pottery neolithic A and B; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865975468     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00047840     Document Type: Article

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