AIA Lecture: Çatalhöyük: The Bioarchaeology of an Early Farming Society in Transition (Dr. Clark Spencer Larsen, OSU)

Dr. Clark Spencer Larsen
November 18, 2021
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Virtual

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2021-11-18 19:00:00 2021-11-18 21:00:00 AIA Lecture: Çatalhöyük: The Bioarchaeology of an Early Farming Society in Transition (Dr. Clark Spencer Larsen, OSU) Please register in advance for this event here Abstract: The Neolithic is a period of fundamental changes in living circumstances, much of which is tied to the shift from a lifeway based exclusively on hunting, gathering, and collecting wild plants and animals to one where domesticated plant and animals form a significant portion of the diet. For Western Asia, the human remains of early farmers recovered from Çatalhöyük (7100-5950 BC) in south-central Turkey provide a highly contextualized setting for addressing key issues relating to living circumstances, conditions in a proto-urban setting, and the context in general for much of the world we live in today. Virtual Department of Classics classics@osu.edu America/New_York public

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Abstract: The Neolithic is a period of fundamental changes in living circumstances, much of which is tied to the shift from a lifeway based exclusively on hunting, gathering, and collecting wild plants and animals to one where domesticated plant and animals form a significant portion of the diet. For Western Asia, the human remains of early farmers recovered from Çatalhöyük (7100-5950 BC) in south-central Turkey provide a highly contextualized setting for addressing key issues relating to living circumstances, conditions in a proto-urban setting, and the context in general for much of the world we live in today.