Catal Huyuk Notes
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 start a fire in the oven
Outside walls constructed of mud, timber and brick
Wall paintings were either patterned (geometric shapes) or figurative (pictures)
Murals were painted on plaster walls
Oldest murals built on human structures were found at Catal Huyuk
Murals included animal images of bulls, horses, stag deer, bear and wild boar
Red, black and white were used often to paint murals
In murals people wearing leopard skins were interacting with animals by pulling animals tongues pulling animals tails jumping on the animal’s backs
The dead were buried underneath a raised platform and plaster floors
Adults, children and infants were buried in fatal position
Fatal: the position a baby is in when just being born (crunched together)
Infants were buried with respect because they were found with artifacts such as bead bracelets/anklets made of bone or blue, black or white stones
***Are these murals images simply just for decorational, representational, or symbolic?****
I believe that these murals images are all three. I say this because they could be a decoration representing a symbolic figure. This could be true because people could have painted murals to show someone who had been important for decoration. It would be like painting a mural of George Washington. Washington is an important figure of the past. But, the mural could be for decoration.
Plants
Scientists looked at seeds to tell what ancient people ate
*Hackberries, chickpeas, acorns,
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 start a fire in the oven
Outside walls constructed of mud, timber and brick
Wall paintings were either patterned (geometric shapes) or figurative (pictures)
Murals were painted on plaster walls
Oldest murals built on human structures were found at Catal Huyuk
Murals included animal images of bulls, horses, stag deer, bear and wild boar
Red, black and white were used often to paint murals
In murals people wearing leopard skins were interacting with animals by pulling animals tongues pulling animals tails jumping on the animal’s backs
The dead were buried underneath a raised platform and plaster floors
Adults, children and infants were buried in fatal position
Fatal: the position a baby is in when just being born (crunched together)
Infants were buried with respect because they were found with artifacts such as bead bracelets/anklets made of bone or blue, black or white stones
***Are these murals images simply just for decorational, representational, or symbolic?****
I believe that these murals images are all three. I say this because they could be a decoration representing a symbolic figure. This could be true because people could have painted murals to show someone who had been important for decoration. It would be like painting a mural of George Washington. Washington is an important figure of the past. But, the mural could be for decoration.
Plants
Scientists looked at seeds to tell what ancient people ate
*Hackberries, chickpeas, acorns,