Substantive Technologies at Çatalhöyük : Reports from the 2000–2008 Seasons / edited by Ian Hodder.

Contributor(s):

Hodder, Ian [ed.]

Language: English Series: Monumenta Archaeologica ; 31. | British Institute at Ankara. BIAA Monograph ; ; No : 48. | Çatalhöyük Research Project ; Volume 9. | Çatalhöyük Research Project ; Volume 9.Publication details: London ; Los Angeles ; The British Institute at Ankara ; Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, c 2013.Description: xxix, 507p. : illus. ; 29 cmISBN:

9781898249313

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

DS156.C35 S83 2013

Contents:

Chapter 1. Becoming Entangled in Things / by Ian Hodder -- Chapter 2. An Integrated Perspective on the Uses of Materials at Çatalhöyük Based on the Analysis of Heavy Residues / by Slobodan Mitrović and Milena Vasić -- A Settlement of Clay -- Chapter 3. Sourcing Çatalhöyük’s Clays / by Chris Doherty -- Chapter 4. Building with Mud : An Analysis of Architectural Materials at Çatalhöyük / by Burcu Tung -- Chapter 5. An Archaeology of Mudbrick Houses from Çatalhöyük / by Serena Love -- Chapter 6. New Discoveries in House Construction at Çatalhöyük / by Mirjana Stevanović -- Chapter 7. Biographies of Architectural Materials and Buildings : Integrating High–resolution Micro–analysis and Geochemistry / by Wendy Matthews, Matthew J. Almond, Emma Anderson, Joanne Wiles, Helen Williams and James Rowe -- Chapter 8. Structural Fires at Çatalhöyük / by Karl Harrison, Victoria Martin and Brooke Webster -- Chapter 9. The Neolithic Pottery of Çatalhöyük : Recent Studies / by Nurcan Yalman, Duygu Tarkan and Hilal Gültekin -- Chapter 10. Pottery Production at Çatalhöyük : A Petrographic Perspective / by Christopher Doherty and Duygu Tarkan -- Chapter 11. Absorbed Lipid Residues in the Çatalhöyük Pottery / by Sharmini Pitter, Nurcan Yalman and Richard Evershed -- Chapter 12. Figurine Worlds at Çatalhöyük / by Carolyn Nakamura and Lynn Meskell -- Chapter 13. Çatalhöyük Stamp Seals from 2000 to 2008 / by Ali Umut Türkcan -- Chapter 14. Clay Balls, Mini Balls and Geometric Objects / by Sonya Atalay -- Chapter 15. Geometric Clay Objects / by Lucy Bennison–Chapman -- Demanding Technologies -- Chapter 16. Çatalhöyük Worked Bone : South and 4040 Areas / by Nerissa Russell and Janet L. Griffitts -- Chapter 17. The Metallic Finds from Çatalhöyük : A Review and Preliminary New Work / by Thomas Birch, Thilo Rehren and Ernst Pernicka -- Chapter 18. Çatalhöyük Wall Paintings : Materials, Technologies and Artists / by Duygu Çamurcuoğlu -- Chapter 19. A Technological Approach to the Study of Personal Ornamentation and Social Expression at Çatalhöyük / by Roseleen Bains, Milena Vasić, Daniella E. Bar–Yosef Mayer, Nerissa Russell, Katherine I. Wright and Chris Doherty -- Chapter 20. The Ground Stone Technologies of Çatalhöyük / by Katherine I. Wright (with contributions by Christina Tsoraki–Chan and Ruth Siddall) -- Chapter 21. The Chipped Stone / by Tristan Carter and Marina Milić.

Summary: The ways in which humans became increasingly engaged in their material environment, such that “things” came to play an active force in their lives, is the subject of this volume in the Çatalhöyük series. The alluvial clays surrounding the site were extremely important in this dynamic involvement. In the absence of local stone, humans extracted and manipulated clay for a wide range of purposes, including the manufacture of bricks, ovens, pots, and figurines. This heavy use of clays led to changes in the local environment that influenced human activity, as indicated in the first section of the volume. In the second section other examples of material technologies are considered, all of which in various ways engaged humans in specific dependencies and relationships. For example, large-scale studies of obsidian trade have drawn a complex picture of changing interactions among humans over time. The volume concludes with an integrated account of the uses of materials at Çatalhöyük based on the analysis of heavy residue samples from all contexts at the site.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library	DS156.C35, S83 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Not For Loan		10157

Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-507)

The ways in which humans became increasingly engaged in their material environment, such that “things” came to play an active force in their lives, is the subject of this volume in the Çatalhöyük series. The alluvial clays surrounding the site were extremely important in this dynamic involvement. In the absence of local stone, humans extracted and manipulated clay for a wide range of purposes, including the manufacture of bricks, ovens, pots, and figurines. This heavy use of clays led to changes in the local environment that influenced human activity, as indicated in the first section of the volume. In the second section other examples of material technologies are considered, all of which in various ways engaged humans in specific dependencies and relationships. For example, large-scale studies of obsidian trade have drawn a complex picture of changing interactions among humans over time. The volume concludes with an integrated account of the uses of materials at Çatalhöyük based on the analysis of heavy residue samples from all contexts at the site.

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