Symbolic links between Gobekli Tepe and Catalhoyuk

There are numerous symbolic links between Catalhoyuk (Central Turkey, 7100-6000 BCE) and Gobekli Tepe (southern Turkey, ~10,000-8000 BCE) that show they knew the same (or similar) astronomical zodiacal system. First, see here for a list of known ‘Master/Mistress-of-Animals’ symbols from around the Near Eastern region. Above is a 3rd millennium BCE example from Ur, Mesopotamia. We also have a Mistress-of-Animals, or Potnia Theron, at Catalhoyuk (above). This shows symbolism from the 8th millennium BCE survived until the Bronze and Iron Ages.