Middens, Waste Disposal, and Health at Çatalhöyük

The transition from a mobile hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a settled way of living is one of the most significant processes in human history. There were undeniable benefits to this process, with increased food security and longer lifespans, but there were also negative consequences associated with an...

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Authors: Shillito, Lisa-Marie (Author) ; Mackay, Helen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press [2020]
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2020, Volume: 83, Issue: 3, Pages: 168-174
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Çatal Hüyük / Anthropology / Sedentariness / History 7100 BC-5700 BC / Collector / Hunter / City / Contamination
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
NBE Anthropology
TB Antiquity
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Summary:The transition from a mobile hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a settled way of living is one of the most significant processes in human history. There were undeniable benefits to this process, with increased food security and longer lifespans, but there were also negative consequences associated with an increased density of living. At Çatalhöyük we have over one thousand years of continuous occupation from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Chalcolithic period (7100-5700 BCE). The settlement changes from a dense agglomeration in its earliest phase, where individual buildings are constructed wall to wall with no gaps or streets between them, to a more open nucleated settlement towards the end of the occupation. Large numbers of people living in a fixed location inevitably leads to the production of large amounts of waste. One of the most significant consequences of these activities is the creation of “pollution,” both in the physical environment, and the decline in air quality.
ISSN:2325-5404
Contains:Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/710134