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The settlement is dated back to around 8000 BC . In this period ( PPN B ) Pottery was still unknown, but in Nevali Cori several hundred small '''figurines (about 5 cm high) of burnt clay''' have been found that are interpreted as votive offerings. They have been '''burned at temperatures between 500-600° C.'''The rectangular buildings and houses of the settlement have Dry-stone Wall s and Terrazzo -floors made of burnt Lime . The largest building measures 16m x 7m. Rectangular stone pillars were set into the walls, '''two freestanding pillars, 3 m high, were placed in the middle of the room.''' The stelae show '''reliefs of human hands'''. The construction shows close parallels with the older round buildings in Göbekli Tepe . A Deposit of human Skull s was found beneath the floor of one of the houses. The free-standing anthropomorphic figures of limestone excavated at Nevali Cori belong to the '''earliest known life-size sculptures'''. One shows a male with bare head with Sikha . There is a '''statue of a bird as well'''.'' Comparable Statute s have been found in Göbekli Tepe .'' From 1993 onwards, the German Archaeological Institute , Istanbul excavated the site of the settlement in advance of the construction of the Atatürk -dam, the waters of which have now inundated the Neolithic village as well as numerous other archaeological sites in the vicinity. |
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