Excavations at Çatal Hüyük
First Preliminary Report, 1961
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10960554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Mellaart (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Pages | 41-65 |
| Publication date | 1962-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anatolian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-1546 • E-ISSN: 2048-0849 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3642517 |
| OpenAlex | W2329885167 |
| Language | CA |
| Citations received | 67 |
The site of Çatal Hüyük was discovered during our survey of the Konya Plain in November, 1958. Rich in surface finds of a type hitherto only known from Professor J. Garstang's excavations at Mersin on the south coast of Anatolia, its importance was soon realised. However, at the time of the discovery, we were engaged in the excavation of the equally important site of Hacılar and it was not until after the completion of excavations there that digging could be contemplated at Çatal Hüyük. After the final season at Hacılar in 1960, we were free to devote our attention to this new site. As Hacılar showed a gap in its culture sequence exactly during the Early Neolithic period, which surface finds showed was best represented at Çatal Hüyük, it was decided to start excavations at this site to complete the sequence and throw further light on Hacılar
Archaeology · Art · Digging · Excavation · Geography · Period (music · Sequence (biology · Ancient Near East History · Chemistry · Geology · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
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A bioarchaeological and forensic re-assessment of vulture defleshing and mortuary practices at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
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Early Holocene palaeoseasonality inferred from the stable isotope composition of Unio shells from Çatalhöyük, Turkey
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Isotopes and Images
Holistic approaches to palaeohydrology
Building Continuity in the Central Anatolian Neolithic
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Repealing the Çatalhöyük extractive metallurgy
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Stable Isotope Evidence of Diet at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey
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Building memories
Retention of old technologies following the end of the Neolithic
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A Design for Life
| Unique citing works | 67 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 1965 - 2024 (60) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 67 |