archaeology and sexuality

The Sayburç Relief. (Özdoğan Reference Özdoğan2022, fig. 4; photograph: Bekir Köşker.) Credit: Yurttaş E. D. (2025), Cambridge Archaeological Journal

The Queer Side of Taş Tepeler No One Talks About: Sex, Ritual, and Ecstasy in the Neolithic

9 February 2026

For decades, the monumental stone sites of Neolithic Anatolia have been explained through a familiar archaeological narrative. Towering pillars, dramatic...

The Queer Side of Taş Tepeler No One Talks About: Sex, Ritual, and Ecstasy in the Neolithic

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The Queer Side of Taş Tepeler No One Talks About: Sex, Ritual, and Ecstasy in the Neolithic

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