Finds 2061

Main Information

Finds ID	2061
Site	Çatalhöyük
Area	ID 842 settlement
Research event
Finds type	lithics
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part
Lithics technology
Lithics industry
Lithics cores and preparation
Lithics retouched tools
Lithics unretouched tools	Flake
Lithics raw material	Obsidian
Obsidian	Yes
Obsidian amount	None
Pottery form
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration
Pottery type
Amount
Material	obsidian
Confidence	None
Comment	high density of lithics on the floors of houses near the hearths/ovens --> maybe obsidian was worked nearby, but maybe the material was swept there from a nearby location; traces of obsidian knapping near the ladder entries of houses, obsidian caches were stored in the same location; the chipped stones were similar to those in Köşk Höyük and Tepeçik Çiftlik (e.g. arrowheads); In Catalhöyük East there were similar bifacially retouched pieces to Tepeçik Çiftlik, Level 3. bifacial pieces were provided from the workshops in Kaletepe, Göllüdağ, and Nenezi Daği; similar projectile obsidian points were found in Pınarbaşı B;

Bibliography

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