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Klaus Schmidt
German archaeologist who led the excavation of Göbekli Tepe from 1994 until his death in 2014, whose work established the site's age and reshaped scholarly understanding of the relationship between monumental construction and the origins of agriculture.
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People
Klaus Schmidt is frequently compared to Arthur Evans — Both archaeologists whose single excavation fundamentally rewrote scholarly understanding of an entire era of prehistory.
Places
- Göbekli Tepeconstruction from c. 9500 BC
Klaus Schmidt excavated Göbekli Tepe.