tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post5255335717817557609..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Göbekli Tepe: feasting, beer, and the emergence of the NeolithicDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-89870953828341590072013-01-21T16:36:42.429+02:002013-01-21T16:36:42.429+02:00I guess it might also that beer played a practical...I guess it might also that beer played a practical role in the preservation of ancestor skulls?Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521844825782592095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-19627943518767476092013-01-19T11:14:49.363+02:002013-01-19T11:14:49.363+02:00It would help explain the lack of a local water so...It would help explain the lack of a local water source (small stream three miles away) and the lack of any fire-pits or waste-pits or settlement. One might imagine it thus: hunter-gatherer men would arrive on a pilgrimage with only their bed-rolls, and portaging enough animal bladders full of grain-based beer to sustain their liquid needs during the visit. This would serve as a test of endurance and worthiness, and would usefully limit the duration of the stay and the numbers at the site. They would then fast, and live only on the beer. The alcoholic beer would amplify religious feelings (perhaps in combination with plant drugs) and also feelings of comradeship with alpha males from other bands.Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521844825782592095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-25945010705070158672012-10-17T13:07:23.714+03:002012-10-17T13:07:23.714+03:00Or, perhaps religion was the cover-up for producin...Or, perhaps religion was the cover-up for producing and consuming the best-quality beer available. <br /><br />Perhaps it is <i>all</i> in the beer. <br /><br />Bell Beaker comes to mind: how and why else would Corded Ware so nonchalantly rub elbows and voluntarily share settlements with them?eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-46021327885478727802012-10-16T12:18:20.483+03:002012-10-16T12:18:20.483+03:00There is a National Geographic documentation that ...There is a National Geographic documentation that touches the subject. <br /><br /><i>NatGeo-Cradle of the Gods (full)</i><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QioFsVSaDiwKatharóshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16649693310029639154noreply@blogger.com