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Chapter 10 - Çatalhöyük West and the Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic Transition in Central Anatolia

from Part II - Anatolia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2022

By
Jacob Brady ,
Jana Anvari ,
Ingmar Franz ,
Goce Naumov ,
David Orton ,
Sonia Ostaptchouk ,
Elizabeth Stroud ,
Patrick T. Willett ,
Eva Rosenstock  and
Peter F. Biehl
Edited by
Peter F. Biehl  and
Eva Rosenstock
Peter F. Biehl
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Eva Rosenstock
Affiliation:
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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Summary

As the Çatalhöyük West Mound has been the subject of much new research during and after the completion of the Çatalhöyük Research Project, this chapter will provide a summary of the research conducted by the West Mound Project. This interdisciplinary project brought together many specialist scholars to address the variety of data created during the excavation of the West Mound. In this chapter we will review the research into the material culture of the West Mound, with attention to the importance of new architectural forms and painted pottery in the changing social and economic life of the period. In addition, plant and animal remains and the stone tool industries see some general trends that may signal changes the environment and the way domestic activities respond. We will conclude the chapter with a look at current discussions on topics that have been highlighted by this new research.

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Transformation and Change in the Near East and Europe
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