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Proof that they were hunter and gatherers is essentially proof that they weren't farmers. That's mostly based on a consensus that agricultural societies didn't exist anywhere yet. Proving negative claims is difficult, especially considering the age of the site, 12000 years (at least). Both Gobleki Tepeh & the Neolithic Revolution date to the beginning of the Holocene climactic period. Climactic changes are destructive and evidence can get wiped out be sea level changes or glacial melt.

Gobleki Tepeh is itself does challenge the "neolithic revolution" narrative. Either farming started earlier or stuff historians generally associate with agricultural societies started before farming. It's hard to conceive of how this happened without "specialists, taxes or central authorities" or some functional equivalent. I don't see how our conventional understanding of hunter-gatherer society can explain a site like this.

This is a new-ish site. Singular. It's still not 95% or more is still underground. It's still not fully incorporated into our historical narratives.