@article{e19498b1cbc44be98aa459559d417416,
title = "More than a vulture: A response to Sweatman and Tsikritsis",
abstract = "In a paper recently published in this journal, Martin B. Sweatman and Dimitrios Tsikritsis from the University of Edinburgh (School of Engineering) have suggested an interpretation for the early Neolithic monumental enclosures at G{\"o}bekli Tepe as space observatories and the site{\textquoteright}s complex iconography the commemoration of a catastrophic astronomical event ({\textquoteleft}Younger Dryas Comet Impact{\textquoteright}). As the archaeologists excavating this site, we would like to comment on a few points that we feel require consideration in this discussion.",
keywords = "Faculty of Humanities, Neolithic, Neolithic Architecture, PPNB, PPNA, Turkey, G{\"o}bekli Tepe, Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Near East",
author = "Jens Notroff and Moritz Kinzel and Oliver Dietrich and Lee Clare and Jonas Schlindwein and Laura Dietrich and Cecilie Lelek-Tvetmarken and Devrim S{\"o}nmez",
note = "In a paper recently published in this journal, Martin B. Sweatman and Dimitrios Tsikritsis from the University of Edinburgh (School of Engineering) have suggested an interpretation for the early Neolithic monumental enclosures at G{\"o}bekli Tepe as space observatories and the site's complex iconography the commemoration of a catastrophic astronomical event ('Younger Dryas Comet Impact'). As the archaeologists excavating this site, we would like to comment on a few points that we feel require consideration in this discussion. ",
year = "2017",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.5281/zenodo.581724",
language = "English",
volume = "17",
pages = "57--74",
journal = "Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry",
issn = "1108-9628",
publisher = "University of the Aegean",
number = "2",
}