And because those artifacts closely resemble others from nearby sites previously carbon-dated to about 9000 B.C., Schmidt and co-workers estimate that Gobekli Tepe's stone structures are the same age.

因为这些人工制品和附近经过碳定年确定为公元前9000年左右的遗迹里找到的制品是如此相似，斯密特和他的伙伴们估计歌贝克力山顶遗址和这个遗迹是出自同一个时期的。

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"They will be taken to a lab in Edinburgh, and radio-carbon dated, " she added.

BBC: Human remains found in Bronze Age pots

Soil samples from around the stone's socket will be analysed and any organic material found radio-carbon dated if possible.

BBC: Human remains found in Bronze Age pots

Remains in a blacksmith's hearth have been carbon-dated to about 1, 000 years ago.

ECONOMIST: Helge Ingstad