Late Neolithic and post-Neolithic settlements and burial grounds in the TPC Area at Çatalhöyük: The research project of the archaeological team of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
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2021-12
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Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
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The chapter presents the results of the research project conducted by the team of
archaeologists from Adam Mickiewicz University at the World Heritage site of Çatalhöyük in
Turkey. The section of this large Neolithic settlement located in the uppermost part of the
south eminence of East mound is named the Team Poznań Connection (TPC) Area and was
excavated in the years 2012-2017. The unearthed stratigraphic sequence is dated to the period
from ca. 6350 to 6000 BC. The project led to the discovery of nine Late Neolithic houses with
associated built-in structures and numerous burials. The paper outlines the most important
discoveries in house architecture, burial practice, and material culture. The research has
contributed significantly to a better understanding of the last centuries of the settlement’s
occupation, as well as enhanced our knowledge of the Near Eastern Neolithic. This paper
provides an overview of the major transformations of Neolithic lifeways in this period. In
addition to architecture, the organization of space, burial practices, and material culture, the
changes also affected farming, husbandry practices, landscape exploitation, procurement
of raw materials, exchange patterns, demography, and social organization. The paper also
provides an overview of the Hellenistic settlement as well as the Ottoman burial ground located
above the Neolithic strata.
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Çatalhöyük, Anatolia, Hellenistic period, Late Neolithic, Ottoman period
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Treasures of Time: Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2021) D. Żurkiewicz (Ed.). pp. 10-27.
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978-83-946591-9-6