Neolithic plasters of the Near East : Catal Hoyuk building 5, a case study

202 Pages·2003·4 MB·English

by  Arkun, Burcum Hanzade

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NEOLITHIC PLASTERS OFTHE NEAR EAST: CATAL HOYUK
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would liketogivethankstomyadvisor. ProfessorFrank Matero, and to my
reader, RyntaFourie, fortheirencouragement andadvisementthroughoutthe
processofthisresearch and forallowingmeto exploreatopicthatrelatedtomy
culturalbackground. 1 greatlyappreciatetheopportunitytohavebeenabletowork
withsuch mentors. I would alsoliketothank Suzanne Hyndman foralwayshaving
asmileand ananswerto myquestions.
Andto Ben, forhisconstantsupport and humortlirough it all.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ListofFigures vi
ChapterOne: Introduction
1. Introduction 1
1. TheNeolithicNearEast 4
1.2 TheKonyaPlain 6
1.3 Soil Micromorphology 8
1.3.1 Marl Soils 8
1.3.2 Soft Lime Soils 9
1.3.3 Ridge Soils 9
1.3.4 Sand Plain Soils 9
ChapterTwo: Plasters andPlasterProduction intheNeolithicNearEast
2. Neolithic Plasters 13
2.1 PlasterTvpology 14
2.1.1 Earthen Plasters 15
2.1.2 Gypsum Plasters 15
2.1.3 Lime Plasters 16
2.2 SitesoftheNeolithic NearEast 18
2.3 Plaster Production in Neolithic Sites 19
ChapterThree: Plasters atCatal Hoyiik
3. The Siteof(^atal Hoyuk 24
3.1 The ArchitectureofQatal H6>'uk 25