Scientists have come up with a theory

We don’t know exactly how Gebekli Tepe was used by local Neolithic people, but recent finds suggest that it was used as an observatory to observe changes in the night sky, at least for a time. A carved pillar known as Akbaba Taşı (Akbaba Taşı) with a bird figure carved into it among stylized patterns is particularly striking. According to a new theory, the wall carvings in the complex may be the earliest example of a calendar. Used to track the passage of time and the changing seasons.

Previous research conducted by chemical engineer Martin Sweetmand showed that: Figures on the Griffin Stone, carved around 10,850 BC, may represent constellationsand to fix other issues the fall and collision of a comet about 13,000 years agoEven before the monument was built. This collision coincides with the Younger Dryas, an event that caused a mini ice age with worldwide effects. It also appears to have occurred at a time when the population was increasingly turning to agriculture during the so-called Neolithic Revolution.

Sweetmand has now taken his analysis a step further, showing that the V-shaped markings carved into the pillars at Göbekli Tepe could represent days, while carvings on other pillars could represent various cosmic events.

• Sweetmand provides detailed assessments in his analysis, which runs to more than 50 pages. He counted and examined the V-shaped signs and found that if each sign represented a day, then one of the columns represented it. A year consisting of 365 days, 12 lunar cycles, and 11 additional dayscompleting the solar year.
• The bird of prey depicted on the stone has a V symbol around its neck. Sweetmand’s analysis suggests that it represents a constellation related to the summer solstice, suggesting that the V symbol carried by the bird represents the solstice itself.
• Other figures on other columns have similar V symbols around their necks, as do statues and figures found elsewhere. According to Sweetmand, these symbols may also have something to do with controlling the passage of time.

Numbers showing possible representation of the year / Photo: Martin Sweetmand

A preliminary analysis by Sweetmand also found a connection between the animals in the pillars and the Earth’s precession, or the change in orientation of the planet’s spin axis. And the two pillars also appear to represent the annual Taurid meteor shower, which is thought to be the likely source of the Younger Dryads comet.

What other scientists say

Sweetmand’s preliminary findings Archaeologists excavating in Gebekli-Tepe disputed this claimand his new analysis is likely to face opposition. But it all fits together very clearly, and as more and more research has shown, our ancestors were extremely skilled at observing, analyzing, and recording changes in the world around them.

This is apparently to be expected, given that the inhabitants of Göbekli Tepe were devastated by a comet impact on their world.
Sweetmand says.

This event may have given impetus to civilization, started a new religion, and motivated the development of agriculture to cope with the cold climate. Perhaps efforts to record what they saw were the first steps in the development of writing a thousand years later.