What's actually there
Five wild sheep heads were reported. They are associated with or near the exterior context outside Special Building 15. They should not be folded into the gazelle count.
What to notice
What's carved on it
- animal-head deposit
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The Wild Sheep Heads at Çakmaktepe
These wild sheep heads belong beside the Special Building 15 animal-head evidence, but should stay separate from the larger burnt gazelle skull deposit. This evidence matters because the Special Building 15 deposit was not only gazelle.
Site: ÇakmaktepeStructure: Special Building 15Type: animal-head deposit
Çakmaktepe. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.)
Fatma Şahin, Cakmaktepe general view, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.