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6 Social Studies

Visiting Catalhoyuk

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Go to the Introduction. Read the main page.

What does Catalhoyuk mean?

Go to the Glossary. Scan the list for new terms.

Define Obsidian______

Define Anthropology ______

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Go to the Timeline. Examine the occurrences at each date.

What occurred at 6 to 7 million years ago?

What event occurred 25,000 years ago?

Go to Maps. Read each map and caption.

Name six countries adjacent to Turkey.

What two bodies of water border Turkey?

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Go back to the main page and link to Tours. Link to Tour the Dig Site.

Explore and read about each of the sites within

 Entrance

 Dig House

 Flotation

 North Shelters

 West of Datum

 Summit

 South Area

Link to Tour the Catalhoyuk Exhibit.

Go back to the main page and link to Artifacts.

Link to and read about

 Murals

 Pottery

 Human Remains

 Obsidian

 Animal Bones

 Figurines

 Chipped Stone Tools

 Worked Bone

 Ground Stone Tools

Go back to the main page and link to Mysteries.

Investigate the Mysteries

 Is this the first city?

 What do these murals mean?

 Why were the dead buried in the floor?

 I wonder why they had all these clay balls?

 …and what about the goddess figurines?

 What were they eating for dinner 10,000 years ago?

 What was it like to live in a Catalhoyuk house?

Go back to the main page and link to Activities.

 See How the Mound Was Formed

 Make a Neolithic Dinner

 Which Seed’s Which?

 Can you find the CarsambeRiver?

 Play the Excavation Game

 Play the Ball Game

 Explore a Home at Catalhoyuk

Describe each of the following components of a Catalhoyuk home.

Rooftop entrance

Walls

Kitchen

Bucrania

Platforms

Roof

Smaller Rooms

Wall Paintings

Go back to the main page and link to Processes.

What are the 11 components in the process of archaeology?