ÇATALHÖYÜK: "it's about the people" - 7,000 BC mega-site revealed.

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Published 2024-07-06
In November 2023 we we visited Çatalhöyük as part of the Göbekli Tepe to Stonehenge project (buymeacoffee.com/prehistoryguys). We were not there for long, but as you can imagine, we were left with a lasting impression.
Here we present an introduction to and an overview of the site - coupled with our own personal observations and reflections. We hope you find it valuable and enlightening. For too long, it has lived in the shadow of the other Turkish mega-site some 500 miles to the east!

00:00 - What is Çatalhöyük?
04:52 - What were the houses like inside?
10:01 - Do we know what the societal structure was like at Çatalhöyük?
15:55 - What was their relationship to death?
21:28 - How many people lived there and how did they subsist?
26:18 - What about the material culture?
30:00 - What did you takeaway from visiting Çatalhöyük?
32:42 - What would you like them to find at Çatalhöyük?

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All Comments (21)
  • Excellent documentary! Totally professional and very informative. Thanks for the insight and all the effort you two put in to bring us such high quality work!
  • As you continue to “dig deeper “ the only thing being unearthed are a boat load of “dumb ass” questions from my head. All of which would take daily 3 hour tutorials and a library full of research papers. Please keep this stuff coming. Yours, A humble chef
  • @roxiepoe9586
    This is such a comfortable format. It was like getting to hang out in the room with one's favorite professors. As long as I stayed quiet, they might go on for ages. I would just keep the sweet tea coming. (I'm from the southern USA. I'd supply whatever was customary to the attendees.)
  • Brilliant discussion!! Wonderfully informative!! You guys really put the pieces together with this.
  • @allen394
    I discovered your channel about a month ago and I have been binge watching your back catalogue eversince. Fascinating, informative and dare I say humorous when appropriate.
  • It would be very interesting to hear what an archaeologist from one or the Puebloan communities would have to say about Catalhoyuk.
  • Another great video guys! You've played a BIG part in the reason I've been visiting amazing sites throughout Europe; like Dolmen de Menga in Spain, Newgrange in Ireland, La Hougue Bie Passage Grave in Jersey UK, Ruin Stones in Sweden, Carnac in Brittanny and many... many more. Thank you.
  • @Lerie2010able
    Thank you for another interesting and informative video - living my archaeological life vicariously via your journeys and enjoying every minute.
  • Great mini film as always...so informative & so accessible to the non professional that requires depth & substance like myself. It's your strength guys, thankyou so much 😊
  • This is your best format so far - a lot of very interesting information in a very dens time, that keeps your audience paying attention and wanting more. And as a viewer of this content is makes your mind speculate in all sort of directions. Excellent!
  • @gmze.b
    I love the concept of the video. With this Q&A concept, it's more enjoyable and easier to understand the different features of the sites. :) Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Appreciated.
  • @chiperchap
    Super enjoyable chat that fellas :) very interesting stuff.
  • @YarrowPressburg
    Living in farming all my adult life you don’t need any ruling class all is based on water management.
  • @LadyLeda2
    Thank you guys. How extraordinary that this site was covered up all those years ago for us to dig up and learn how our ancestors lived. It is in almost pristine condition. I see you are selling merchandise. I want a T-shirt. Thanks!!!
  • @glittermama
    Fascinating! This female figures, particularly the enthroned figure, seem to reinforce Maria Gambutas's theory of the mother goddess. The goddess or matriarch on the throne is seen frequently in other ancient cultures as well. What I found interesting was the agricultural aspect of the culture with the additional presence of animal paintings, suggesting both farming and hunter-gatherer societies, which I thought you might discuss. In such a permanently settled region, I'm wondering if it's possible to speculate on the role of hunting. Did perhaps hunting parties follow the herds and return? This society seems to breach two types of existence; the wall art resembles cave paintings, which may have been a cultural memory along with a settled agricultural life and fixed burial customs. Thanks for this video.
  • @qarljohnson4971
    Have to say "excellent job!" on the efficient editing here. So many YT channels ramble on, that I often block them, just for wasting my time. Here, the PG team has greatly improved their "watchibility".