Göbekli Tepe consists primarily of monumental structures rather than a settlement area.
Sources
- Hints of Skull Cult Found at World's Oldest Temple (nationalgeographic.com)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572 (whc.unesco.org)
- https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2017/01/24/a-sanctuary-or-so-fair-a-house/ (dainst.blog)
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