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Headless Figurines Left in 8,000-Year-Old Buildings Hint at a Neolithic Ritual in Turkey
Headless figurines found at Kanlıtaş Höyük in western Turkey may preserve one of the most intimate traces of Neolithic ritual behavior: the moment when a building was deliberately closed and something was left behind. The four terracotta female figurines, discovered near İnönü in Eskişehir Province, date back roughly 8,000 years. Found close to floor levels…