The Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Farmers of Central and Southwest Anatolia : Household, community and the changing use of space

This research presents the qualitative and quantitative data collected from the architecture within ten Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic settlements in the Central and Southwestern regions of modern-day Anatolia. The sites investigated are: Akl Hoyuek, Catalhoyuek, Canhasan III, Canhasan I, Guevercinkayas, Hoyuecek, Bademaoac, Erbaba, Haclar and Kurucay. After investigating the interplay between theory and methodology in order to establish a research methodology, the work offers a general overview of the topography and climate of Central and Southwest Anatolia, reviews the current state of archaeological knowledge about prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns and explains the selection of the ten sites for further study. The qualitative and quantitative data for these ten sites are then presented and analysed and the concluding chapter considers to what extent the research has been able to contribute to current theories about household and community within the Near East. Includes appendices of sites and data.