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Historical Conservation
When Çatalhöyük was ground about 9,000 years ago in what is now Turkey the area around it would have been wet and marshy , arrant for growing plants . Today a monumental conservation and research attempt is underway . The framing for what will be an inclosure protecting part of the site is shown here .
Inside an Old House
A reconstruction of what one of the family take care like well-nigh 9,000 days ago . The walls were line with white plaster and covered in cosmetic art , while people were swallow beneath the floors with platforms above them . To get in the house people would have come in through a ladder on the roof .
Ancient Art
A conserved spell of ancient artistic creation from Çatalhöyük ( bottom ) and a reconstruction of it ( top ) .
Enigmatic Art
A rampart painting found in the southern part of Çatalhöyük ; investigator say interpreting such drawings is very hard .
Burial Reconstruction
A reconstruction of how a burial may have happened at Çatalhöyük .
House Burial
At the settlement in Turkey , people were buried beneath house , like this one , which contained multiple burials dating back about 9,000 years .
Dental Data
The investigator used dental remains from 266 individuals to determine how they were related , with an case of a human jaw find at the website shown here .
Naked Barley
The people at Çatalhöyük were among the first in the earthly concern to adopt an agrarian way of life-time . Pictured here is Naked Barley that was found at the site .
Volcanic Points
A finely carved obisdian spear breaker point from Çatalhöyük . People at the ancient small town had access to the volcanic material , craft it inside their houses .
Facial Figurine
In addition to wall painting the people of Çatalhöyük constructed enigmatic figurine , admit the example shown here .
Ancient Pottery
The people of Çatalhöyük were some of the earliest ceramist in the world . Archaeologists have found a number examples of their work include this pot .
