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This may be the earliest stone-carved story we've found - Maxmars - 03-10-2024
Archeologists in Turkey have discovered what may be the earliest "narrative" (story) depicted in Pre-Pottery Neolithic people. Their excavation revealed many similarities with Göbeklitepe in style and apparent techniques. But what makes this a bit different is that the story is told horizontally as opposed to otherwise.
From Archeology: The World’s First Narrative
![[Image: Karahantepe-Neolithic-Turkey-Sidebar-Tas...ayburc.jpg]](https://www.archaeology.org/images/MA2024/Karahantepe/Karahantepe-Neolithic-Turkey-Sidebar-Tas-Tepeler-Relief-Sayburc.jpg)
And much deeper information can be found here: (From Cambridge.org:) The Sayburç reliefs: a narrative scene from the Neolithic
By being represented on the same level, the comparable stature of humans and animals at Sayburç suggests a newly recognised dimension in the narratives of Pre-Pottery Neolithic people. The figures were undoubtedly characters worthy of description. The fact that they are depicted together in a progressing scene, however, suggests that one or more related events or stories are being told. In oral traditions, stories, rituals and strong symbolic elements form the foundation of the ideologies that shape society beyond spirituality. Schmidt (Reference Schmidt and Yalcin2013: 152) interpreted Göbeklitepe, with its powerful symbols, as a new connection point for memory in a changing world. The Sayburç reliefs, then, can be seen in a similar light: the reflection of a collective memory that kept the values of its community alive.
![[Image: urn:cambridge.org:id:binary:202212011814...tatus=live]](https://static.cambridge.org/binary/version/id/urn:cambridge.org:id:binary:20221201181421541-0856:S0003598X22001259:S0003598X22001259_fig4.png?pub-status=live)
RE: This may be the earliest stone-carved story we've found - Nerb - 03-23-2024
I wonder if the story was told to children which would explain why it was created in floor-level horizontal form to teach the young children at eye level from an early age to stay away from things that will eat you?
Not sarcasm, but probably the most useful lesson they could learn for survival.
Beautiful, thanks for sharing.
