Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Göbekli Tepe' has mentioned 'Limestone' in the following places:
Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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[28] The site is a tell (artificial mound) situated on a flat limestone plateau. | WIKI |
[20] This location also gave the builders good access to raw material: the soft limestone bedrock from which the complex was built, and the flint to make the tools to work the limestone. | WIKI |
In this area, flint and limestone fragments occur more frequently. | WIKI |
Their most notable feature is the presence of T-shaped limestone pillars evenly set within thick interior walls composed of unworked stone. | WIKI |
The slabs were transported from bedrock pits located approximately 100 metres (330xc2xa0ft) from the hilltop, with workers using flint points to cut through the limestone bedrock. | WIKI |
Instead, each enclosure was deliberately buried under as much as 300 to 500 cubic meters (390 to 650xc2xa0cuxc2xa0yd) of refuse, creating a tell consisting mainly of small limestone fragments, stone vessels, and stone tools. | WIKI |
Schmidt maintained that "the work of quarrying, transporting, and erecting tons of heavy, monolithic, and almost universally well-prepared limestone pillars [...] was not within the capability of a few people". | WIKI |
The monuments were probably used in connection with social events and rituals and feature distinctive limestone T-shaped pillars, some of which are up to 5.50 meters tall. | UNESCO |
The site testifies to innovative building techniques,xc2xa0 including the integration of frequently decorated T-shaped limestone pillars, which also fulfilled architectural functions. | UNESCO |
The monolithic T-shaped pillars were carved from the adjacent limestone plateau and attest to new levels of architectural and engineering technology. | UNESCO |
In 2005, the tell and the limestone plateau were inscribed as a 1st Degree Archaeological Conservation Site by the decision of the Diyarbakxc4xb1r Council for Conservation of Cultural and Natural Properties. | UNESCO |