Göbekli Tepe contains no burial sites; instead, archaeologists have found pits containing human bones mixed with animal bones and flint tools.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by peer-reviewed Science Advances paper (Gresky et al. 2017), DAI excavation reports, and multiple independent science journalism outlets, all consistent in describing fragmented human bones mixed with animal bones and flint in fill deposits rather than formal burials. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Hints of Skull Cult Found at World's Oldest Temple (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700564 (corroboration)
- https://www.dainst.org/en/research/projects/noslug/3942 (corroboration)