Comment by andsoitis
3 hours ago
I think you're taking this the wrong way. It is certainly amazing and shows advanced culture! However, there's no evidence of civilization. That does not mean brute, or unsophisticated.
3 hours ago
I think you're taking this the wrong way. It is certainly amazing and shows advanced culture! However, there's no evidence of civilization. That does not mean brute, or unsophisticated.
How so? The suggestion is that Gobekli Tepe is the original T-shaped pillar school of agricultural knowledge, thousands and thousands of years old, and which was subsequently replicated in another region of the world where agricultural knowledge also rapidly expanded through human industry.
That’s pretty clear. That it has not been academically demonstrated is of course relevant - but then, the research at Gobekli Tepe came to a screeching halt around the same time this idea was first proposed, so perhaps it is important to do more than just scratch the surface of the subject ..
Maybe you'd be happier if one used the more neutral term "complex society" instead of "civilization", since the latter has baggage. I imagine we can agree that some societies are more complex than others but that societal complexity is orthogonal to inherent cultural value.
Also, it is spelled Göbekli Tepe.
>”complex society” .. “civilization” .. “baggage” ..
If Gobekli Tepe is derived from Narwala Gabarnmang, that is civilization at its absolute finest - the transmission of agricultural knowledge from one region of the world, and the replication of one site of knowledge to another site, represents actual civil-ization.
> I imagine we can agree that some societies are more complex than others but that societal complexity is orthogonal to inherent cultural value.
Well, like I said at the top of the thread, I don’t think orthogonality nor complexity should be the basis of an understanding of the nature of civilization, whatsoever. From both of these abstract notions a hierarchy is defined - whereas I see, personally, a distinct expansion of human civilization occurring, if indeed the model institution of Narwala Gabarnmang was replicated in the Tepe cultures. This would be a very distinct basis of civilization, were it found to be accurate.
I acknowledge it is speculation, but it is very tantalizing - and in my opinion, entirely feasible speculation.
>Also, it is spelled Göbekli Tepe.
Öh, ǎlrīght. Ǐ’vẽ sêẽn īt spéllẽd ìn Ēnglìsh ǎnd īn Türkísh. Sørry, Í mêänt Tûrkïyē’îsh.
It’s true, I should’ve allowed for and been more respectful of that particular transmission of T-shaped knowledge…
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