[PDF][PDF] Skull retrieval and secondary burial practices in the Neolithic Near East: Recent insights from Çatalhöyük, Turkey

SD Haddow, CJ Knüsel - Bioarchaeology International, 2017‏ - researchgate.net
The retrieval and re-deposition of elements of the human skeleton, especially the skull (ie,
cranium and mandible), is a common feature of Neolithic Near Eastern funerary practices. A …

[كتاب][B] Ancient Turkey

A Sagona, P Zimansky - 2015‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Students of antiquity often see ancient Turkey as a bewildering array of cultural complexes.
Ancient Turkey brings together in a coherent account the diverse and often fragmented …

A “Curious and sometimes a trifle macabre artistry” Some aspects of symbolism in neolithic Turkey

I Hodder, L Meskell - Current Anthropology, 2011‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Comparison of two Turkish Neolithic sites with rich symbolism, Çatalhöyük and Göbekli,
suggests widespread and long-lasting themes in the early settled communities of the region …

Articulate bodies: forms and figures at Çatalhöyük

C Nakamura, L Meskell - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2009‏ - Springer
This paper examines the materializing practices of bodies at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük.
We focus on the clay and stone figurine corpus (over 1,800 total, with over 1,000 of those …

Figured lifeworlds and depositional practices at Çatalhöyük

L Meskell, C Nakamura, R King… - Cambridge Archaeological …, 2008‏ - cambridge.org
The corpus of figurines from Çatalhöyük has attracted the attention of diverse audiences but
there has been an overwhelming focus on a selection of female figurines, many of which …

The symbolism of Çatalhöyük in its regional context

I Hodder, L Meskell - Religion in the emergence of civilization …, 2010‏ - books.google.com
The aim of this chapter is to situate the symbolism and ritual at Catalhoyuk in the wider
context of eastern Turkey and the Middle East. The rich symbolism at the site has already …

Digital sensoriality: the neolithic figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece

C Papadopoulos, Y Hamilakis… - Cambridge …, 2019‏ - cambridge.org
The image-based discourse on clay figurines that treated them as merely artistic
representations, the meaning of which needs to be deciphered through various iconological …

The nature of the beast: curating animals and ancestors at Çatalhöyük

L Meskell - World Archaeology, 2008‏ - Taylor & Francis
Taking 'tradition'as the process of 'handing down', which encompasses the ideas of duration,
continuity, practice and ritual, this paper examines the Neolithic lifeworld at Çatalhöyük with …

[PDF][PDF] Refiguring the corpus at Çatalhöyük

LM Meskell - Material beginnings: a global prehistory of figurative …, 2007‏ - stanford.edu
In this paper I have several aims and my discussion oscillates between a refiguring of the
1960s project materials at Catalhöyük and the finds from the new excavations since the …

[كتاب][B] Archaeology in the Making: Conversations through a Discipline

SE Alcock - 2013‏ - books.google.com
Archaeology in the Making is a collection of bold statements about archaeology, its history,
how it works, and why it is more important than ever. This book comprises conversations …