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

• Published in: The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East p. 207
• Main Author: Douglas Baird
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• 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

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...