Ongoing analysis of the existing collections — the animal bones, the flint tools, the plant remains, the human skeletal material, the geochemical data from soil and sediment samples — continues to produce new findings.

The faunal analysis, in particular, is an ongoing project that is progressively refining the picture of what animals were brought to the site, in what quantities, and processed in what ways.

Environmental reconstruction is another active research area.

Understanding the precise character of the landscape around Göbekli Tepe during its period of major use — the vegetation, the water availability, the distribution of wild game and wild plant resources — is essential for understanding how the site functioned within the broader ecology of the region and how communities could have sustained themselves during extended periods of gathering.

The comparative work across the Taş Tepeler sites is providing new context for Göbekli Tepe by revealing the breadth and variety of the monumental tradition in Upper Mesopotamia.