Changing materialities at Çatalhöyük : reports from the 1995-99 seasons /
The Neolithic site of Catalhoyuk in Turkey has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintings and other art that was uncovered inside the houses. Since 1993 an international team of archaeol...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
British Institute at Ankara,
c2005
London : 2005 |
| Series: | McDonald Institute monographs
Çatalhöyük Project (Series) ; v. 5 Çatalhöyük research project ; 5 Macdonald Institute monographs McDonald Institute monographs Monograph (British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara) ; 39 Monograph (British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara) ; no. 39 Çatalhöyük Project (Series) ; v. 5 |
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| Summary: | The Neolithic site of Catalhoyuk in Turkey has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintings and other art that was uncovered inside the houses. Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research, in order to shed more light on the people who inhabited the site. The present volume deals with aspects of the material culture excavated between 1995 and 1999. In particular it discusses the changing materiality of life at the site over a lengthy period of occupation that spanned approximately 1100 years. There is discussion of the ceramics and other fired-clay material, as well as the chipped stone, the ground stone, worked bone and basketry. The chapters not only address typological and comparative issues relating to these materials, but also explore the specialization and scale of production, the engagement in systems of exchange, and the patterns and processes of consumption, use and deposition. Central to all this is the question of change through time, and the degree and speed of that change. The occupants of the site increasingly became caught up in relations with material objects, and those material objects in turn began to act back upon them. This is the fifth volume in the Catalhoyuk series, and the third of four conveying results of the 1995-99 excavations. Companion volumes will cover the excavated structures, how the site was inhabited, and the perspectives and interpretations arising from this work Volume 5 deals with aspects of the material culture excavated in the 1995-99 period. In particular it discusses the changing materiality of life at the site over its 1100 years of occupation. It includes a discussion of ceramics and other fired clay material, chipped stone, groundstone, worked bone and basketry. As well as looking at typological and comparative issues in relation to these materials, the chapters explore themes such as the specialisation and scale of production, the engagement in systems of exchange, and consumption, use and deposition. A central question concerns change through time, and the degree and speed of this change. The occupants of the site increasingly get caught up in relations with material objects that start to act back upon them |
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| Item Description: | CD-ROM contains supplementary text, figures and tables Published jointly with the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 395 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) xviii, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-395) Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1902937287 |