Humans and Landscapes of Catalhoyuk: Reports from the 2000-2008 Seasons: Catalhoyuk Research Project Volume 8 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781898249306)

This volume in the Catalhoyuk series reports on the results of excavations from 2000 to 2008 that have provided a wealth of new data on the ways in which the Catalhoyuk settlement and environment were occupied. The first section explores how houses, open areas, and middens in the settlement were central to the daily lives of the inhabitants, integrating a wide range of different types of data at different scales. A second section examines subsistence practices of the site's inhabitants and builds up a picture of how the overall landscape was exploited and lived within. A third section studies the evidence from the skeletons of those buried inside the houses at Catalhoyuk in order to understand the health, diet, lifestyle, and activity of the inhabitants. This final section also reports on the burial practices and associations in order to build hypotheses about the social organization of those inhabiting the settlement. A complex picture emerges of a relatively decentralized society, large in size but small-scale in terms of organization, dwelling within a mosaic patchwork of environments.

Author: Ian Hodder
ISBN-10: 189824930X
ISBN-13: 9781898249306
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2013
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.30lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.90w x 1.70d