In one line
Göbekli Tepe sits on a high ridge with no spring nearby. Depressions cut into the bedrock are read as cisterns for catching and holding rainwater — practical evidence for how repeated gatherings on the hill were supplied.
What it relates to
Water management · Landscape setting · Visitor and settlement context
- Water access matters for understanding repeated gatherings at the site.
- The water evidence is practical, and stays separate from the ritual reading of the enclosures.