Karahan Tepe: The History of Anatolia's Mysterious Neolithic Site

Despite the fact some Neolithic communities grew to considerable sizes, they're typically not considered when people think of the first ancient civilizations or the first major cities, so when archaeologists discovered the archaeological sites of Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe in the 20th century, it created an academic firestorm that is still raging. Archaeologists have been able to determine when Karahan Tepe was built, possibly how long it was occupied, and that it was probably related t...