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Science 14 December 2001:
Vol. 294. no. 5550, pp. 2278 - 2281
DOI: 10.1126/science.294.5550.2278
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ARCHAEOLOGY:
Did Plaster Hold Neolithic Society Together?

Michael Balter

ÇATALHÖYÜK, TURKEY--Recent studies around a 9500-year-old settlement here suggest it was built in the middle of marshland. How then did its inhabitants grow their food? One controversial theory holds that what drew people to the settlement was not agriculture but the abundance of lime-rich clays that the people of Ğatalhöyük used to cover their walls, floors, and ovens--and on which they created stunning works of art.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)