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Who discovered the site of Catalhoyuk

James Mellaart

100

Burial spot of choice for family members

Under the family home

100

A society-wide event having to do with food

Feasts

100

True or false: urbanism has a single definition

No; it is more of a category than a binding definition

100

The remains of Çatalhöyük fall within what country today?

Turkey

200

What did archeologists discover about Çatalhöyük homes that led to them being called 'history houses"?

Parts or even entire houses were remade and relatives' remains were for the most part kept on the familial site.

200

How did people decorate their families' skulls?

They reconstructed their faces with plaster

200

How did people in Catalhoyuk cook before the invention of clay pots?

Heated clay balls and woven baskets
200

True or false: Çatalhöyük had a social hierarchy

False

200

Is Çatalhöyük considered pre-neolithic, neolithic, or a civilization?

Neolithic

300

How do archaeologists determine how catalhoyuk changed over time

Stratigraphy

300

A good luck charm for the house 

Claws and teeth

300

What type of animal did the Çatalhöyük people domesticate?

Cattle

300

Was Çatalhöyük society or family-focused?

Family focused

300

What were Çatalhöyük homes made of?

Mud brick

400

Bone analysis points toward what disease associated with overcrowding?

Osteoperiostitis

400

It surprised archaeologists to find this in the home instead of a grand temple

Spiritual/religious items

400

What plants did the Çatalhöyük people consume?

Peas, wheat, and barley

400

How did Çatalhöyük contrast with Childe's urban revolution theory in terms of architecture?

It had no large monuments/shared buildings

400

One factor that led to the decline of Catalhoyuk?

Overpopulation

500

The idea of perceiving artifacts as a piece of a larger history rather than an individual object

Contextual archeology

500

What decorative bull's skulls were called

Bucranium

500

Molecular analysis at Catalhoyuk revealed evidence of one of the earliest instances of what food group?

Milk/Dairy

500

Due to its large population but lack of other key traits of a civilization, what is Çatalhöyük classified as?

A mega-site

500

This UMass Amherst professor conducted fieldwork at Catalhoyuk

Sonya Atalay

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