Plant processing activities and the use of domestic space at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey: A microbotanical perspective
Çatalhöyük is a 9,000-year-old settlement located in the Konya Plain, Turkey. Thanks to the remarkable preservation of its material culture, Çatalhöyük expanded our understanding of the neolithic lifeways in what was one of the earliest farming communities in Western Asia. Through the study of phyto...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/688033 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/688033 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Phytoliths Starch grains Archaeobotany Anatolia Neolithic Çatalhöyük Plant processing activities Households Spatial analyses Wild plants Grinding tools House floors Domestic activities Fitolitos Granos de almidón Arqueobotánica Neolítico Actividades de procesamiento de plantas Hogares Análisis espacial Plantas silvestres Herramientas de molienda Pisos de casas Actividades domésticas 94 |
| Sumario: | Çatalhöyük is a 9,000-year-old settlement located in the Konya Plain, Turkey. Thanks to the remarkable preservation of its material culture, Çatalhöyük expanded our understanding of the neolithic lifeways in what was one of the earliest farming communities in Western Asia. Through the study of phytoliths and starch grains, this thesis seeks to expand our understanding of the diversity of plant uses at the household level. Microbotanical analyses have been conducted in sediments recovered from plant processing artefacts and house floors. The results have revealed the presence of a wide range of wild resources so far undetected in the macrobotanical assemblage of Çatalhöyük. The results have also brought to light new aspects of plant use processing activities, foodways and the use of domestic spaces at Çatalhöyük, contributing to a better understanding of plant-related task organisation and strategies at the household level. |
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