Karahan Tepe area is locally known as “Keçilitepe” - what means "Goat hill". Karahan Tepe Neolithic cult site is prooved by more than 250 Neolithic-era T-shaped obelisks similar to the ones in the world-famous Göbeklitepe.
See:
- Andrew Collins, Karahan Tepe: Göbekli Tepe's Sister Site—Another Temple Of The Stars?
- Gül Güler, Bahattin Çelik, Mustafa Güler, New Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites and cult centres in the Urfa, Documenta Praehistorica 40(1):2013, pp. 291-304
- Necmi Karul, Buried Buildings at Pre Pottery Neolithic Karahantepe / Karahantepe Çanak-Çömleksiz Neolitik Dönem Gömü Yapıları 2021, Türk Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Dergisi 86, sa.86, ss.19-31, 2021
- https://www.karahantepe.net/what-is-karahan-tepe