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Çatal Hüyükkətäal' həyook', Neolithic settlement on the Konya Plain in S Turkey that flourished c.6500–c.5800 B.C. The site, excavated (1961–65) by British archaeologist James Mellaart, occupies 32 acres (12.8 hectares) and is divided into 12 horizons (levels of development). Also found on the site is a shrine with paintings and reliefs of hunting scenes, animals, and geometric designs. The community's economy was apparently based on agriculture, along with a developing practice of cattle raising. Perhaps the largest Neolithic settlement known, Çatal Hüyük has been studied intensively for clues to early religious and social development.

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Çatalhöyük (redirected from Çatal Hüyük) was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BCE to 5700 BCE. It is the largest and best preserved Neolithic site found to date. Çatalhöyük is located overlooking wheat fields in the Konya Plain, southeast of the present-day city of Konya in Turkey, approximately 140 km from the twin-coned volcano of Hasan Dağ. The eastern settlement forms a mound which would have risen about 20 m above the plain at the time of the latest Neolithic occupation. There is also a smaller settlement mound to the west and a Byzantine settlement a few hundred meters to the east. The...more »

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