Turkey’s Çatalhöyük settlement, which developed between 7,500 BC and 6,400 BC, is often referred to as the world’s first, and oldest, metropolitan city, and for good reason. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Views: 0
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Red Ochre Colored Skeletons Revealed in Çatalhöyük Burials, New Study
In Neolithic Anatolian Çatalhöyük burials, in what is often called the world’s oldest city (modern-day Turkey), people sometimes decorated the skeletal remains and the burial chamber walls of the deceased Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Asia Read Later Source Views: 0
Anatolian Neolithic Weavers At Çatalhöyük Used Trees to Make The Oldest Cloth
A new study published in the journal Antiquity has revealed some surprising information about the inhabitants of the ancient city of Çatalhöyük, an early Neolithic settlement located in southern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). It seems these industrious people found a way to convert fibers from oak trees into textiles that were used to make clothes. Based […]
Two Major Discoveries at One of the First Urban Centers, Çatalhöyük
The massive Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city site of Çatalhöyük in Anatolia, Turkey was a flourishing center between 7100 BC and 5700 BC, and it attained the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012. Now it is making archaeological headlines once again for amazing discoveries made during excavations and research. Excavations being carried out […]