Çatalhöyük Neolithic Ancient City
Çatalhöyük; Tarihe Hidden Light
Excavations at Çatalhöyük, one of the most important archaeological sites of the world, have completed the 22nd year. The 9-thousand-year settlement in Konya-Çumra has a special place with an egalitarian lifestyle and everyday art.
52 km south east of Konya, the excavations in Çatalhöyük, the prehistoric settlement located within the boundaries of Çumra county, completed its 22nd year. Yapı Kredi, as one of the first and most important archaeological finds of Neolithic age in Anatolia, has been supporting the excavations of Çatalhöyük since 1997 as the main sponsor. In order to explain the history of the excavations and share the findings, a trip to Çatalhöyük took place on 5 August hosted by the excavation president Ian Hodder and the manager of Yapı Kredi Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Department Nurcan Erhan.
The archeology professor Ian Hodder, who has been heading the excavation since 1993, said in a briefing that the excavations at Çatalhöyük were a long and hard work. "Over time, both national and international media have shown an increased interest," he said. "It is difficult to make a pre-historic area attractive to a large crowd because there are no buildings like theater or theater here. That is why we need to make more efforts to make Çatalhöyük more visible. " At the entrance of the excavation site there is an experimental house, the team plans to build another four houses. They want to make it more interesting in this regard. Hodder also believes that a museum should be built in the future at Çatalhöyük.
The excavations revealed many bellows painted with human faces, which is a sign that it is a serious art production here. Professor When Hodder compared Çatalhöyük with Göbeklitepe, another important excavation site, he can not help but underscore a crucial point: An excavation on the temples in Göbeklitepe reveals that the excavations at Çatalhöyük illuminate a day-to-day life in the houses. Professor Hodder emphasizes that this is one of the reasons why Çatalhöyük excites many people. The basic information he really wants to understand and learn is why people place so much artificiality in the house.
At Çatalhöyük, it is possible to see that the population initially started to increase with time. The density of the houses and the size of the settlement area also increased over time. Professor Hodder explains: "We see about 8,000 people in the middle of the field living together in adjacent houses at one point. Then it suddenly changes. By 6500 BC there was a general spread to Anatolia and then to Europe. When the Neolithic period begins to appear in Central Anatolia, there is a serious increase in population, but the increasing population is now spreading beyond where it is too much to resume its life ... "
Photograph: UNESCO's 13 buildings were unearthed daylight at Çatalhöyük, which entered the World Cultural Heritage List in 2012. 8 thousand people lived together in Çatalhöyük.
Excavations at Çatalhöyük, one of the most important archaeological sites of the world, have completed the 22nd year. The 9-thousand-year settlement in Konya-Çumra has a special place with an egalitarian lifestyle and everyday art.
52 km south east of Konya, the excavations in Çatalhöyük, the prehistoric settlement located within the boundaries of Çumra county, completed its 22nd year. Yapı Kredi, as one of the first and most important archaeological finds of Neolithic age in Anatolia, has been supporting the excavations of Çatalhöyük since 1997 as the main sponsor. In order to explain the history of the excavations and share the findings, a trip to Çatalhöyük took place on 5 August hosted by the excavation president Ian Hodder and the manager of Yapı Kredi Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Department Nurcan Erhan.
The archeology professor Ian Hodder, who has been heading the excavation since 1993, said in a briefing that the excavations at Çatalhöyük were a long and hard work. "Over time, both national and international media have shown an increased interest," he said. "It is difficult to make a pre-historic area attractive to a large crowd because there are no buildings like theater or theater here. That is why we need to make more efforts to make Çatalhöyük more visible. " At the entrance of the excavation site there is an experimental house, the team plans to build another four houses. They want to make it more interesting in this regard. Hodder also believes that a museum should be built in the future at Çatalhöyük.
The excavations revealed many bellows painted with human faces, which is a sign that it is a serious art production here. Professor When Hodder compared Çatalhöyük with Göbeklitepe, another important excavation site, he can not help but underscore a crucial point: An excavation on the temples in Göbeklitepe reveals that the excavations at Çatalhöyük illuminate a day-to-day life in the houses. Professor Hodder emphasizes that this is one of the reasons why Çatalhöyük excites many people. The basic information he really wants to understand and learn is why people place so much artificiality in the house.
At Çatalhöyük, it is possible to see that the population initially started to increase with time. The density of the houses and the size of the settlement area also increased over time. Professor Hodder explains: "We see about 8,000 people in the middle of the field living together in adjacent houses at one point. Then it suddenly changes. By 6500 BC there was a general spread to Anatolia and then to Europe. When the Neolithic period begins to appear in Central Anatolia, there is a serious increase in population, but the increasing population is now spreading beyond where it is too much to resume its life ... "
Photograph: UNESCO's 13 buildings were unearthed daylight at Çatalhöyük, which entered the World Cultural Heritage List in 2012. 8 thousand people lived together in Çatalhöyük.