Ok so i read that "article" for lack of a better word and I will not refute the evidence, I will question methods and dates! is the date of 7000 k in terms of Years Before Present or are they radio carbon years? if so we are looking at a whole new set of dates and in the case of RC dates we could be waaaaay off! ( this disscussion has tweaked my curiosity, and we archaeologists are curious by nature!, I will check for some publications and journals regarding this excavation. Also a collection of buildings does not a civ make! to be regarded as a Primary Civilisation, there have to be some factors present in the archaeological record. A city is always a good start! but within the structures, we have to look at what the artifacts are telling us about:

Fulltime Craft Specialization: is there evidence of people doing one job and an increase in the complexity of those artifacts produced????

Concentration of Surpluses: basic archaeology tells us that a civilisation is a result of complex agriculture producing a surplus leading to increaced population density, so a system of aqauisiton and dispersal needs to be in place basicaly who gets how much of what

Class Structure: tied in with the above, is there evidence of a stratification of the people within the civilization?

State Organsiation: A political system, and means of controlling the populace and surpluses?

Im not saying these are not present in this find, we need more information!!!!!