Catal Huyuk Formal Analysis Catal Huyuk‚ a community village believed to have exist sometime between 6500 ’ 5500 BCE‚ is the largest Neolithic site currently preserved‚ and‚ furthermore‚ the only village of its kind that has been recorded in history. Catal Hulk is located in the south of Analtolia‚ which is referred to now as modern day Turkey. As far as preservation goes‚ Catal Hulk has withstood the test of time in fairly good condition ’ after 8‚000 years the site was discovered in decent
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political unit‚ a dense population in the thousands and a degree of organizational complexity. After reading and listening to class lecture I believe that Catal Huyuk should be considered a civilization. As you read on I will discuss point by point why I feel Catal Huyuk was a civilization. Signs of craft specialization are very apparent at Catal Huyuk. There are a variety tools and weapons made from obsidian‚ flint‚ stone and bone. A process called flint knapping‚ or chipping‚ was used to shape
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Catal Huyuk Notes Homes Kitchen hearth open with domed oven built of stone and brick Smaller rooms probably used as food storage bins Built close together like apartment buildings Rooftop entrance made of wooden beams‚ reed‚ and mud Roofs kept out the elements‚ especially floodwaters of the Carsamba river‚ scientists say Ladders were used to descend from the opening in the roof Small slits in house allowed for smoke ventilation Wood‚ brush‚ straw or mixture of animal dung was used to
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2011 Catal Huyuk Women The general topic is about the role of women in this early agricultural society. Catal Huyuk had a population of 8‚000 people and only 2‚000 houses. Also‚ there weren’t any streets so they had to walk along the roofs and enter their homes through their roofs. Their homes were decorated with sculptures and paintings to illustrate animals and human figurines. The author’s basic point is to explore the findings and tell from them the type of society Catal Huyuk was and the
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agriculture‚ the people of Catal Hoyuk grew three types of wheat and barley as well as many other varieties of grain and cereal. It is also known that they produced oils of maize‚ wheat and peanut. Social & Political Organization: Catal Huyuk was a primary source of Western civilization‚ a nexus of trade and ideas for two thousand years‚ the first organized cosmopolitan city-state and arguably the source of the Great Mother Goddess religion. Religion & Values: Catal Hoyuk’s houses with their wall
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IDENTITIES: Complex Society Paleolithic Venus Figurines Metallurgy Social Class/Social Structure Lucy Neolithic Lascaux Cave Paintings Neolithic Revolution Agricultural Revolution MAP: Olduvai Gorge Neander Valley Catal Huyluk Lascaux CHAPTER TWO: Early Societies in SW Asia and Indo-European Migrations IDENTITIES: The Epic of Gilgamesh Sargon of Akkad Hammurabi’s Codes/Laws Stele Assyrians Economic Specialization Stratified Patriarchal
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and economic characteristics were common‚ both in hunter-gatherer societies and residents of a Neolithic town like Catal Huyuk. These characteristics were similar in that they affected the social standing among both men and women. Gender roles in agriculture and food provision in general correlate with the social standing of both men and women. However‚ the Neolithic towns like Catal Huyuk’s characteristics were far more advanced than the hunter-gatherer’s characteristics were. Social characteristics
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The presence of towns like Jericho and Çatal Hüyük indicates the emergence of a form of social organization in which food producers had to support nonproducing specialists such as priests and craftspeople and their labor had to be mobilized for nonproductive projects such as defensive walls‚ megalithic
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stag. This further suggests the rise in animal domestication. Although the animals were prized to the people of catal huyuk‚ they were not respected. As seen in the image of “Hunting The Great Stag”‚ one man is kicking the animal in the behind and another man is trying to break the horns of the animal. The lasting impression taken from this image suggests that the people of catal huyuk and of the neolithic age were first starting to form societies as it served an advantage in hunting and
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Life in Neolithic Communities Researchers reexamine the assumption that food producers were better off than foragers Modern studies show that food procedures work harder and longer than food gatherers Evidence shows that even though farmers had more food than gatherers it was also less nutritious Skeletal remains show that Neolithic farmers were shorter‚ more likely to early form contagious diseases than food gatherers The benefit from food producers was the dependable supply of food that
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