The Matter of Çatalhöyük : Reports From the 2009-2017 Seasons

This volume presents material artifacts recovered from the site in these seasons, including a range of clay-based objects (ceramics, clay balls, tokens, figurines) as well as those made of stone, shell and textile. Contents Contributors List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements 1. Moving matter at Çatalhöyük 2. Neolithic Çatalhöyük and the outer world: the origin, rise and demise of the settlement in its regional context 3. Heavy residue 4. Pottery production technologies and quantified analysis 5. Figuring diversity: the Neolithic Çatalhöyük figurines 6. Tracing human-animal relations across time and space through animal materialisations 7. Large clay balls at Çatalhöyük East A ‘token’ story? The small geometric clay objects at Neolithic Çatalhöyük 9. Beads and pendants in life and death: insights into the production, use and deposition of ornamental technologies at Çatalhöy 10. The shell artefact assemblage at Neolithic Çatalhöyük 11. Textiles, cordage and basketry from Çatalhöyük 12. Spatial contexts, temporalities and experiences of architectural paintings at Çatalhöyük 13. The ground stone technologies at Neolithic Çatalhöyük: issues of production, use and deposition 14. The chipped stone of Çatalhöyük 15. Chipped stone use-wear 16. Data analysis and integration at Çatalhöyük Bibliography