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Variation in Neolithic teeth from Çatalhöyük (1961–1964)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Theya Molleson ,
Jeremy Ottevanger  and
Tim Compton
Theya Molleson
Affiliation:
The Natural History Museum, London
Jeremy Ottevanger
Affiliation:
The Natural History Museum, London
Tim Compton
Affiliation:
The Natural History Museum, London
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Abstract

The largest series of Neolithic human skeletal material derives from Çatalhöyük, in the Konya plain of peninsular Turkey. The excavations were carried out by James Mellaart in three seasons between 1961 and 1964 (Mellaart 1962; 1963; 1965). Larry Angel of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, and Denise Ferembach of the Musée de L'Homme, Paris, worked on the material in the mid-1960s (Angel 1971; Ferembach 1972). Angel was primarily interested in recording pathological conditions, and Ferembach in recording skeletal metrics; consequently their two sample sets are not entirely the same. Where there is overlap, in general their sex determinations agree. Neither published any detailed study of the jaws or teeth, and yet these are now the most intact part of the material. It is this collection of jaws and teeth that has been the subject of our study, which is an attempt to provide a comprehensive analysis of the dentitions of a Neolithic sample.

Özet

Neolitik döneme ait en çok miktardaki insan iskeleti malzemesi Türkiye yarımadasının Konya Ovası üzerinde yer alan Catalhöyük'ten elde edilmiştir. Kazilar 1961 ve 1964 yılları arasında üç sezon boyunca James Mellaart tarafından yürütülmüştür (Mellaart 1962; 1963; 1965). Washington DC deki Smithsonian Enstitü'sünden Larry Angel ve Paris Musée de L'Homme'dan Denise Ferembach 1960'larin ortasında bu malzeme üzerinde çalişmışlardır (Angel 1971; Ferembach 1972). Angel öncelikle patolojik koşullar, Ferembach ise iskelet ölçüleri üzerinde yoǧunlaştı. Üzerlerinde çalıştıkları örnekler birbirlerinden oldukça farklıydı ve çoǧunlukla cinsiyet tesbiti konusunda aynı fikirde idiler. Şu ana kadar malzemenin en bozulmamış bölümünü oluşturan çene ve dişlerle ilgili herhangi bir detaylı çalışma yayınlamadılar. Bizim çalışmamizin konusu işte bu çene ve diş koleksiyonudur ve bu çalışmayla amacımız bir Neolitik dönem örneǧinin ‘diş çıkarması ve diş tertibinin’ kapsamlı bir analizini yapmaktır.

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Research Article
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Anatolian Studies , Volume 54 , December 2004 , pp. 1 - 26
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2004

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