At Catalhoyuk, dating to around 6,600 BC, researchers have identified a low foundational mud brick wall that they've interpreted as a workspace partition, suggesting the people of this early farming community organized their domestic activities into distinct zones within shared spaces.
Catalhoyuk workshop with mud brick walls dated to 6,600 BC
Key facts
- A low foundational mud brick wall at Catalhoyuk has been interpreted as a workspace partition
Sources
Understanding Neolithic Life: Çatalhöyükpages.vassar.edu
The dense settlement was made up of mud brick houses, each with an entrance on the roof. All of the houses were closely packed together, with ...
An Archaeology of Mudbrick Houses from Çatalhöyükresearchgate.net
Excavations at Ashdod‐Yam exposed a fortification system that features a massive mudbrick wall with large earthen ramparts laid on either side.
Çatalhöyük 2005 Archive Report - Architecturecatalhoyuk.com
Çatalhöyük buildings. That is, featuring mud brick and mortar walls that are covered with multiple layers of white clay (marl), some with traces of paint, and ...
Çatalhöyük 2005 Archive Report - TP Areacatalhoyuk.com
Çatalhöyük. It was constructed of three courses of horizontally placed greyish mudbricks. Bricks were made of coarse silt and silty clay. partition walls. Ç ...
The Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük - World Heritage Centrewhc.unesco.org
Summary of conservation work undertaken at Çatalhöyük to date: • Wall painting and mud brick conservation by Dr Frank Matero, Director of. Conservation ...
Was this story useful?
Keep exploring
Every site on this page sits on the globe, and the people who research them are on the Discord.
3D Globe · Sites by country · Story Archive · Research Library · Weekly Journal · Search
AI-generated text · images from the original sources · always verify with the sources.