Karahan Tepe Structure Profile

Structure BF

Structure BF is a reported small public or special building beside Structure AD, known for T-shaped pillars, stone vessels and plates, animal figurines, selected animal remains, burned skulls, and fire features.

Structure BF visual reference
Visual reference for orientation. Use source images only when rights are clear.

At a glance

Site
Karahan Tepe
Structure
Structure BF
Known For
The Object And Animal Deposit Room

What you're looking at

BF is strong enough for a guided profile section. The cleanest reported counts are three small animal figurines, three stone rings, and one smaller vessel inside one larger vessel. Most animal-remain claims are still plural/reporting-grade and need formal zooarchaeological publication.

Why it matters

  • Beside Structure AD
  • Objects, vessels, and figurines
  • Animal remains and fire features
  • Small building beside AD
  • Stone vessels, plates, and objects
  • Nested vessel and tiny animal scene
  • Selected animal remains
  • Fire features and burned skulls

What to notice first

  • Small building beside AD
  • Stone vessels, plates, and objects
  • Nested vessel and tiny animal scene
  • Selected animal remains
  • Fire features and burned skulls
Research layer Karahan notes
  • Use reported wording where exact loci, phase, 2025 details, or object metadata remain open.
  • Do not turn architecture, channels, sculpture, or fill evidence into one settled ritual function.
  • Use BF as a reported discovery hub. Do not treat the current evidence as a complete formal excavation catalog.
  • The BF Structure and the World's Earliest 3D Scene section
  • BF section
  • Animal bones and hearths reporting, 2024-11-09
  • The earliest three-dimensional storytelling section
  • T108IcpNPWU around 01:16:47
  • Discoveries of hearths section, 2024-11-09
  • karahan-locator-cleanup-v1.md
  • structure-section-ready-for-profile-integration
  • expandable-ready with caveats
  • Formal excavation source for BF plan, dimensions, loci, and object catalog
  • Zooarchaeological table for NISP/MNI, skeletal elements, taphonomy, and burning
  • Image/figure rights records for BF structure, nested vessel scene, and animal figurines
  • Move to AO formal-source handcheck next, because AO is the next animal-and-room claim risk: donkey-floor reporting, domestic features, vessels, hearths, and structure context need the same clean source split.
  • Detailed evidence notes remain available for deeper review.
Evidence behind this evidence layer

Stable evidence

  • BF is strong enough for a guided profile section. The cleanest reported counts are three small animal figurines, three stone rings, and one smaller vessel inside one larger vessel. Most animal-remain claims are still plural/reporting-grade and need formal zooarchaeological publication.
  • Structure BF is a reported small public or special building beside Structure AD, known for T-shaped pillars, stone vessels and plates, animal figurines, selected animal remains, burned skulls, and fire features.
  • Objects, vessels, and figurines
  • Animal remains and fire features

Where it comes from

  • The BF Structure and the World's Earliest 3D Scene section
  • BF section
  • Animal bones and hearths reporting, 2024-11-09
  • The earliest three-dimensional storytelling section
  • T108IcpNPWU around 01:16:47

Limits

  • Use reported wording where exact loci, phase, 2025 details, or object metadata remain open.
  • Do not turn architecture, channels, sculpture, or fill evidence into one settled ritual function.
  • Use BF as a reported discovery hub. Do not treat the current evidence as a complete formal excavation catalog.
  • Physical observations, interpretation, and visitor shorthand are kept separate.

What could change

  • structure-section-ready-for-profile-integration
  • expandable-ready with caveats
  • Formal excavation source for BF plan, dimensions, loci, and object catalog
  • Zooarchaeological table for NISP/MNI, skeletal elements, taphonomy, and burning

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