Jobs
What were men responsible for?
Hard labor (farming, hunting, smithing, trading)
What is a common animal symbol found in Çatalhöyük?
bulls, stags, and leopards
Was there agricultural?
Yes
Where was the oven placed?
Under the ladder
What type of streets did the Catalhoyuk have?
Trick question. They had no streets
What were women responsible for?
weaving cloth for clothes and baskets
What type of jewelry did they put on the dead?
Ivory and clay beads. Also bones
How did they get their food?
Agriculture and hunting
How did they create their roofs?
By placing poles and branches on top, and then putting mud on it
What was a midden used for?
Dumping food scraps and waste
Why did people have specialized jobs?
So they would be better at what they did.
Where did they bury their dead?
Under their families house
What did people use sheep wool for?
Clothes
What 2 rooms did each house have?
Their own kitchen and food storage area
Where did they live?
Central Turkey
What did children do?
Housework and repairing their homes
Did they believe in afterlife?
Yes
What animals did they eat?
Sheep/goats, wild cattles
What types of decor did each house have?
Artwork, poetry, and other stuff
What materials did women commonly use for cloth?
Cotton, flax, and silk
What did artisans polish to make mirrors
Obsidian
What did the Catalhoyuk worship?
Mother goddess, sun, moon, and all natural elements they depended on
What types of crops did they grow?
Wheat and barley
What materials did they use to build the walls of their houses?
A mixture of mud and straw
What type of figurines would they make?
They would make human and animal figurines