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What type of monumental art have scientists discovered from the Neolithic period, and where were they found? Why was this art considered so monumental?

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Scientists have discovered large carved stone pillars and reliefs from the Neolithic period at Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey. The art is considered monumental because the pillars are massive and elaborately carved with animal and abstract motifs, requiring coordinated labor to quarry, move, and erect them; their sheer size and complexity — especially so early in human history — mark them as large-scale, socially important works rather than small, everyday decorations.