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What is Çatalhöyük known for?
Catalhoyuk is renowned as one of the earliest settlements of the Neolithic era, and sheds light on the dawn of human settlement with unique examples of the earliest domestic architecture and landscape painting as well as the sacred objects of mother goddess cult.
What was found at Çatalhöyük?
Archaeologists from Stanford find an 8,000-year-old ‘goddess figurine’ in central Turkey. A team led by Stanford archaeologists has discovered a rare statuette of a woman made at Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic site in central Turkey, around 8,000 years ago.
Where did the people of Catal Huyuk store their food?
The people of Catal Huyuk wove baskets of reeds. They also made pottery and they used obsidian, hard volcanic rock to make tools and weapons. Craftsmen made dishes of wood. They also made carved wooden boxes for storage.
Why is Çatalhöyük an important prehistoric site?
Çatalhöyük provides important evidence of the transition from settled villages to urban agglomeration, which was maintained in the same location for over 2,000 years. It features a unique streetless settlement of houses clustered back to back with roof access into the buildings.
What did Catal Huyuk do for a living?
Catal Huyuk, in Anatolia, is the best example of an early neolithic town where the transition to a fully settled existence has been satisfactorily achieved. Food is produced by agriculture, with the cultivation of wheat and barley, and by the breeding of cattle. What was Catal huyuk best known for?
Where was the Catal Huyuk settlement in Turkey?
Catal Huyuk Catal Huyuk: One of the earliest archaeological finds (7500 BC) of a settlement society in what is now south-central Turkey Neolithic Period : The New Stone Age Chalcolithic period : The Copper Age
What is the history of the Catalhoyuk site?
We might see Çatalhöyük as a site whose history is about one of man’s most important transformations: from nomad to settler. It is also a site at which we see art, both painting and sculpture, appear to play a newly important role in the lives of settled people.
Why was Catalhoyuk important to the excavator?
The excavator of Çatalhöyük believes that this special concern for youths at the site may be a reflection of the society becoming more sedentary and required larger numbers of children because of increased labor, exchange and inheritance needs. South Excavation Area, Çatalhöyük (photo: Çatalhöyük, CC: BY-NC-SA 2.0)