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title: Çatalhöyük
author: Omar Hoftun
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15000/catalhoyuk/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Çatalhöyük
_Authored by Omar Hoftun_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15000.jpg)
## Image Caption
Excavations at the [Neolithic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Neolithic/) settlement of Çatalhöyük, [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/).
## Cite This Work
### APA
Hoftun, O. (2021, December 15). Çatalhöyük. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Hoftun, Omar. "Çatalhöyük." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 15, 2021. .
### MLA
Hoftun, Omar. "Çatalhöyük." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Dec 2021, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk_after_the_first_excavations_by_James_Mellaart_and_his_team..jpg) by [**Omar Hoftun**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk_after_the_first_excavations_by_James_Mellaart_and_his_team..jpg). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 15 December 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.