▁insect s , ▁quad rup eds , ▁sc orp ions " ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁animals ; ▁in ▁addition , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁stones ▁are ▁car ved ▁in ▁low ▁profile ▁with ▁st yl ized ▁human ▁features ▁( ar ms , ▁hands , ▁lo in cl oth s , ▁but ▁no ▁heads ). ▁On ▁the ▁younger ▁level ▁( II ) ▁rect angular ▁structures ▁with ▁smaller ▁meg al ith s ▁have ▁been ▁exc av ated . ▁In ▁the ▁surrounding ▁area , ▁several ▁village ▁sites ▁incorpor ating ▁elements ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁Gö bek li ▁Te pe ▁have ▁been ▁identified . ▁Four ▁of ▁these ▁have ▁Gö bek li ▁Te pe ' s ▁characteristic ▁T - sh aped ▁standing ▁stones , ▁though ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁them , ▁Ne val ı ▁ Ç ori , ▁has ▁so ▁far ▁been ▁exc av ated . ▁At ▁Gö bek li ▁Te pe ▁itself , ▁no ▁traces ▁of ▁habit ation ▁have ▁so ▁far ▁been ▁found , ▁nor ▁any ▁trace ▁of ▁agricult ure ▁or ▁cultiv ated ▁plants , ▁though ▁b ones ▁of ▁wild ▁animals ▁and ▁traces ▁of ▁wild ▁ed ible ▁plants , ▁along ▁with ▁many ▁gr inding ▁stones , ▁have ▁been ▁un ear th ed . ▁It ▁is ▁thus ▁assumed ▁that ▁these ▁structures ▁( which ▁have ▁been ▁character ized ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁known ▁cer emon ial ▁architecture ) ▁were ▁ere cted ▁by ▁h unter - g ather ers . ▁Gö bek li ▁Te pe ' s ▁oldest ▁structures ▁are ▁about ▁ 7 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁older ▁than ▁the ▁Stone hen ge ▁meg