Göbekli Tepe's monumental construction began around 9000 B.C., centuries before the first domesticated grains appeared at nearby settlements.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by UNESCO, World History Encyclopedia, Smithsonian Magazine, and Wikipedia's Nevalı Çori entry; minor date variation (9000-9600 BC) across sources but consistent sequence of monumental construction preceding domesticated grain evidence. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Features - Last Stand of the Hunter-Gatherers? - May/June 2021 (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572 (corroboration)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/ (corroboration)