Why was Göbekli Tepe abandoned 10,000 years ago? #shorts

[00:00:00]No catastrophic event has been identified. The abandonment seems to coincide with a broader regional shift away from large communal monuments, but the reason for that shift is itself an open question.

[00:00:12]What we know is this. 11,000 years ago, people without pottery, without writing, and without domesticated grain, organized themselves well enough to move 10-ton stones up a hill.

[00:00:24]We are still asking why.