Göbekli Tepe Assignment 10:30am

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Göbekli Tepe
Assignment Directions:

1. Spend at least 30 min. looking carefully at these images and thinking about what, if
anything, they tell us about being human. Examine the details. What do you notice?
2. Write a 150-word paragraph that reflects on the images and argues a clear, specific
point about being human. Use elements/details from at least two images to build your
case. We will use these reflections for our class discussion.
3. Post your paragraph as a reply below. Once you post your paragraph you will be able
to see the paragraphs other classmates wrote.
4. Log your labor in your Labor LogLinks to an external site..

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Aug 23, 2023 10:27PM
Prescilla Pascua
Humans are constantly seeking for meaning in almost everything and anything. We tend
to be curious about the world around us, and when we can, we apply our own interpretations to
what we discover, which is what we can clearly find ourselves doing when looking at the photos
of Gobekli Tepe. Looking at the image on page two, which depicts the areas that were excavated,
we can see that archaeologists were intentional with where they were deciding to mine. Clearly,
the areas that archeologists were excavating contained artifacts that would have us questioning
human civilization. As seen on pages four and six, T-shaped pillars were circularly placed in
multiple areas of the mining ground. Furthermore, we see that these pillars contain human-like
features. We are then left to question the position of these pillars and why these human-like
features are significant. Personally, I believe that the pillars were placed in a circular position
intentionally and found myself questioning why the pillars were placed that way. I also
questioned why there were two pillars facing each other in one of the formed circles. What I
interpreted from the images was that the pillars were placed that way because of social status
rules or religious reasons. Overall, the images prove that humans are naturally curious and when
the answers to our curiosity aren’t so black and white, we tend to make meaning of what we see
based on what we already know.

This is a good first attempt at analysis of some of the oldest images humans created. Focus on
writing about one specific point you want to make and support that point with detailed evidence
from the text (in this case the images).
Sarah Graff , Aug 30 at 4:44pm