tepe

[ tep-ee; Turkish te-pe ]

noun

1. (in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of tepe¹

< Turkish: hill

Example Sentences

Botanist and UC Associate Professor Eric Tepe said finding evidence of these plants together in the same tiny sediment sample is telling.

From Science Daily

"I think the fact that these four plants which have a known cultural importance to the Maya were found in a concentrated sample tells us it was an intentional and purposeful collection under this platform," Tepe said.

From Science Daily

In Anatolia, the monumental religious structures of Gobekli Tepe were built even earlier, at 9000 years B.C.E.

From Science Magazine

It was the swooping white canopy erected over the main excavation at Gobekli Tepe, a group of Neolithic structures up to 11,400 years old in southeastern Turkey.

From New York Times

The archaeologists soon found remnants of a ninth millennium B.C.E. settlement, including a circular building like the ones at Göbekli Tepe.

From Science Magazine