Catal Huyuk: History, Features and Settlements

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1. CATAL HUYUK Presented by, CHANDANA .R

2. LOCATION Neolithic monument in present day Turkey. Aged between 6300BC to 5400BC. 32 acre Neolithic site in South-Central Turkey near modern city of Konya. Position of catal huyuk in Turkey

3. CATAL HUYUK Largest cosmopolitan city of its time. Occupied between 6300 BC to 5400 BC • Supported a population of up to 6000 people • Largest and most cosmopolitan city of its time • Had extensive economy based on specialized craft and commerce • The city was a trading centre • The size of the city and its wealth are a product of its status as a trading centre. Settlement in catalhuyuk

4. The Neolithic site of Catal Huyuk was first discovered in the late 1950s and excavated by James Mellartin 4 excavation seasons between 1961 and 1965. The site rapidly became famous internationally due to 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. 32-acre Neolithic site in south-central Turkey, dated 6500–5500 b.c ., one of the first true cities, characterized by a fully developed agriculture and extensive trading and having temples, mud-brick fortifications and houses, and mother-goddess figures.

5. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES Plan of catal huyuk •In Catal Huyuk the houses were made of mud brick. •Houses were built touching against each other. •They did not have doors and houses were entered through hatches in roofs . •Presumably having entrances in the roofs was safer than having them in the walls . •Since houses were built touching each other the roofs must have acted as streets . •People must have walked across them.

6. Section of house Dead bodies buried under house after eaten by vultures. Wall paintings Hatches in roof

7. • Instead there were only holes in the roofs to let out smoke. •Inside houses were plastered and often had painted murals of people and animals on the walls. •In Catal Huyuk there were no panes of glass in windows and houses did not have chimneys. •In Catal Huyuk the dead were buried inside houses. (Although they may have been exposed outside to be eaten by vultures first). •People slept on platforms

8. • Although Catal Huyuk was a true town (defined as a community not self-sufficient in food) as least some of its people lived by farming . •They grew wheat and barley and they raised flocks of sheep and herds of goats. •They also kept dogs. As well as farming the inhabitants of Catal Huyuk also hunted animals like aurochs (wild cattle), wolves, foxes and leopards.

9. Present condition of catal huyuk

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