Changing materialities at Çatalhöyük : reports from the 1995-99 seasons / by members of the Çatalhöyük teams ; edited by Ian Hodder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodder, Ian.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Monograph (British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara) ; 39.

Çatalhöyük research project ; 5.

Macdonald Institute monographs.

Çatalhöyük research project ; 5

Macdonald Institute monographs

Monograph (British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Turkey.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Turkey.

Çatal Mound (Turkey).

Turkey--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xviii, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

London : British Institute at Ankara, 2005.

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.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Changing Entanglements and Temporalities / Ian Hodder 1

Chapter 2 Statistical Integration of Contextual Data / Sarah Cross May 23

Chapter 3 Heavy-residue Analysis / Craig Cessford, contributions by Slobodan Mitrovic 45

Chapter 4 Absolute Dating at Catalhoyuk / Craig Cessford, Maryanne W. Newton, Peter I. Kuniholm & Sturt W. Manning on dendrochronology, Mustafa Ozbakan, Ay Melek Ozer & K. Goze Akoglu on optically-stimulated luminescence, Craig Cessford & Thomas Higham on dating of inhaled particulate carbon, Thomas Higham & Petya Blumbach on AMS radiocarbon dating of hackberry 65

Chapter 5 Pottery from the East Mound / Jonathan Last 101

Chapter 6 Domesticating Clay: the Role of Clay Balls, Mini Balls and Geometric Objects in Daily Life at Catalhoyuk / Sonya Atalay 139

Chapter 7 Organic-residue Analysis of Pottery Vessels and Clay Balls / Mark Copley, Kate Clark, Richard Evershed 169

Chapter 8 Some Remarks on Catalhoyuk Stamp Seals / Ali Umut Turkcan 175

Chapter 9 The Figurines / Naomi Hamilton 187

Chapter 10 A Preliminary Investigation of Mudbrick at Catalhoyuk / Burcu Tung 215

Chapter 11 The Chipped Stone / Tristan Carter, James Conolly, Ana Spasojevic 221

Chapter 12 From Chemistry to Consumption: Towards a History of Obsidian Use at Catalhoyuk through a Programme of Inter-Laboratory Trace-elemental Characterization / Tristan Carter, Gerard Poupeau, Celine Bressy, Nicholas J.G. Pearce 285

Chapter 13 Cooking, Crafts and Curation: Ground-stone Artefacts from Catalhoyuk / Adnan Baysal, Katherine I. Wright 307

Chapter 14 The Beads / Naomi Hamilton 325

Chapter 15 Catalhoyuk Basketry / Willeke Wendrich 333

Chapter 16 Catalhoyuk Worked Bone / Nerissa Russell 339

Chapter 17 Ground-stone Raw Material from Catalhoyuk / Asuman G. Turkmenoglu, Adnan Baysal, Vedat Toprak, M. Cemal Goncuoglu 369

Chapter 18 Bead Material Identification / Brian Jackson 373

CD: Supplementary text, figures and tables

Chapter 2 Statistical Integration of Contextual Data / Sarah Cross May 397

Chapter 3 Heavy-residue Analysis / Craig Cessford, Slobodan Mitrovic 411

Chapter 4 Absolute Dating at Catalhoyuk / Craig Cessford 449

Chapter 5 Pottery from the East Mound / Jonathan Last, contributions on production properties by Serap Ozdol, Selim Kapur, Erhan Akca, Musa Serdem, Asena Kizilarslanoglu 451

Chapter 8 Catalhoyuk Stamp Seal Catalogue / Ali Umut Turkcan 459

Chapter 9 Figurine Catalogue / Naomi Hamilton 463

Chapter 11 Chipped Stone: Illustrations and Industry Descriptions / Tristan Carter, James Conolly, Ana Spasojevic 467

Chapter 12 Obsidian at Catalhoyuk: Tables and Illustrations / Tristan Carter, Gerard Poupeau, Celine Bressy, Nicholas J.G. Pearce 535

Chapter 13 Ground-stone Artefacts: Discussion of Contexts / Adnan Baysal, Katherine I. Wright 559

Chapter 15 Catalhoyuk Basketry Catalogue / Willeke Wendrich 589

Chapter 19 The Obsidian Mirrors of Catalhoyuk / James F. Vedder, contribution by John G.H. Swogger 597.

Notes:

Published jointly with the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1902937287

OCLC:

64109840