Ms. McClintock 8 History Go to: htt :!!""".smm.org!catal! Go to the Introduction. #ead the main age.

Name: Aria Kae van den Berg

Visiting Catalhoyuk

$hat does Catalhoyuk mean% Catal Huyuk means &'orked mound( re'ers to the site)s in east and "est mounds. *ormed as centuries o' to"ns eo le tore do"n and re+uilt the settlement)s mud, +rick houses. No one kno"s "hat they to"ns eo le called their home -./// years ago. Go to the Glossary. 0can the list 'or ne" terms. 1e'ine Obsidian 2+sidian is a volcanic glass "hich can +e chi ed to make an e3tremely shar edged tool. 1e'ine Anthropology 4he study o' human cultural variations. including language. +iology. and society. ____________________________________________________________________________ Go to the Timeline. 53amine the occurrences at each date. $hat occurred at 6 to 7 million years ago% Chim an8ees and humans evolve 'rom a common ancestor. $hat event occurred 9:./// years ago% 0cientist s eculate that eo le 'rom Asia crosses the Bering land Bridge and +egan to settle North America. Go to Maps. #ead each ma and ca tion. $hat t"o +odies o' "ater +order 4urkey% Mediterranean 0ea and Black 0ea +order 4urkey. Go +ack to the main age and link to Tours. ;ink to Tour the Dig Site. 53 lore and read a+out each o' the sites "ithin

5ntrance 1ig House *lotation North 0helters $est o' 1atum 0ummit 0outh Area

;ink to Tour the Catalhoyuk !hibit. Go +ack to the main age and link to Arti"acts. ;ink to and read a+out

Murals <ottery Human #emains 2+sidian Animal Bones *igurines Chi ed 0tone 4ools $orked Bone Ground 0tone 4ools

Go +ack to the main age and link to Mysteries. =nvestigate the Mysteries

=s this the 'irst city% $hat do these murals mean% $hy "ere the dead +uried in the 'loor% = "onder "hy they had all these clay +alls% >and "hat a+out the goddess 'igurines% $hat "ere they eating 'or dinner ?/./// years ago% $hat "as it like to live in a Catalhoyuk house%

Go +ack to the main age and link to Acti#ities. 0ee Ho" the Mound $as *ormed Make a Neolithic 1inner $hich 0eed)s $hich% Can you 'ind the Carsam+e #iver% <lay the 53cavation Game <lay the Ball Game 53 lore a Home at Catalhoyuk

1escri+e each o' the 'ollo"ing com onents o' a Catalhoyuk home. #oo'to entrance Catal Huyuk)s "ould get in and out o' their houses +y going through the roo'. 4here "as a ladder made out o' tim+er to get in and out. 4his "as a "ay to kee out sno" and rain. they covered the entrance "ith "ooden hatches or other stuctures. 4his "ay o' getting in and out may have +een a sa'er "ay. in case there "as a 'lood or i' there "as "ild li'e. $alls Catal Huyuk "alls "here made out o' mud,+rick and tim+er. Kitchen A Catal Huyuk kitchen is like a modern day kitchen @ust they used very di''erent utensils.Most o' the houses have +een a domestic s ace. "ith an o en cooking hearth. a domed oven and a storage niche 'or 'uel such as "ood. +rush. and stra". Bucrania Most houses had a cattle skulls that "here scul ted over "ith laster and ainted. <lat'orms #aised lat'orms. as many as 'ive. lined the "alls o' a house. Ander some lat'orms. the dead "ere +uried in the its +elo" the laster 'loors. <eo le may have covered the lat'orms "ith mats and sle t on them. #oo' Catal Huyuk homes "as made o' a "ooden +eans and covered "ith +undles o' reeds and a thick layer o' mud. Matting under the roo' ke t reeds 'rom 'alling to the 'loor. A lot o' the communities lay. "ork. cooking and slee ing on the roo' to s. 0maller #ooms 0maller rooms "ould +e used as storage. 4he +ins "ere ro+a+ly used to store 'oodstu''. 4hey "ere em tied through a hole in the +ottom.

$all <aintings 2n the "alls "ere geometric designs and images o' eo le and animals adorned the lo"er ortions o' some "alls.

Go +ack to the main age and link to $rocesses. $hat are the ?? com onents in the rocess o' archaeology% ;aser Anit 0heets *inds 0tudents Measuring 4ools Human #emains *ield 53cavation 0oil 0am les Clay Balls 53cavation 4ools Conservation