WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The most remarkable art found at Çatalhöyük, however, are the installations of animal remains and among these the most striking are the bull bucrania.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ritual activities at Çatalhöyük revolved around hunting, death and animals. Wild bulls were needed for feasts, and there were probably taboos or special meanings for leopards and bears. Today, many people believe that a mother goddess was worshipped at Çatalhöyük based on the discovery of numerous female figurines.

Detailed explanation-3: -Çatalhöyük was stumbled upon by a team of British archaeologists: David French, Alan Hall and James Mellaart. The site left such an impression on the men that Mellaart, with the vital help of his wife Arlette, began to plan excavations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thought to be one of the first major urban centers in human civilization, Çatalhöyük was a Neolithic settlement that, at its height, reached a population of close to 10, 000 at a time when most humans still lived in small hunter-gatherer bands of several hundred people.