Introducing G？bekli Tepe to Psychology

G？bekli Tepe is the name of a remarkable archaeological site that challenges long held assumptions about the Neolithic Revolution, that is, our first transition from hunters and gatherers into settled farmers. Instead of permanent settlements and agriculture being prerequisite for religion, social specialization, and writing, evidence from G？bekli Tepe suggests that may be backward, and that such psychological changes are what afforded sedentism and agriculture. Three aspects of the site—who built it, its use as a “temple,” and evidence of the earliest known proto-writings—are discussed to illustrate G？bekli Tepe's relevance to psychology. In turn, the social psychological phenomenon of storytelling is used to illustrate psychology's potential relevance to cognitive archeology