WAS ÇATALHÖYÜK A CENTRE? THE IMPLICATIONS OF A LATE ACERAMIC NEOLITHIC ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ÇATALHÖYÜK

I am pleased to dedicate this paper to Professor Eddie Peltenburg, who first stimulated my interest in Near Eastern archaeology and has set us fine examples of the studies of networks of prehistoric communities, especially in Cyprus, where I had my first experience of field projects neatly designed...

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Published inThe Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East p. 207
Main Author Douglas Baird
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxbow Books 30.04.2010
Subjects
Alluvium
Applied sciences
Archaeology
Behavioral sciences
Burins
Chalcolithic period
Communities
Community relations
Community structure
Cutting tools
Discrete mathematics
Earth sciences
Geology
Graph theory
Hand tools
Human societies
Material culture
Mathematics
Network theory
Obsidian
Petrology
Physical sciences
Pure mathematics
Sedimentary petrology
Sediments
Social groups
Social sciences
Sociology
Stone age
Stone artifacts
Stone tools
Technology
Three age system
Volcanic deposits
Volcanic glass
Volcanic landforms
Volcanology
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Summary:I am pleased to dedicate this paper to Professor Eddie Peltenburg, who first stimulated my interest in Near Eastern archaeology and has set us fine examples of the studies of networks of prehistoric communities, especially in Cyprus, where I had my first experience of field projects neatly designed to address key research questions. In the 8th–7th millennia cal BC a number of large communities with sites of the order of 10–20 hectares emerged across the Near East. It remains unclear why such large communities appeared at this time. Equally it is unclear whether such large communities were political
ISBN:184217407X
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