Defne Bozkurt

ORCID: 0009-0009-7089-3645
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  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Ancient Near East History
  • Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

Koç University
2024

Abstract Arguments have long suggested that the advent of early farming in Near East and Anatolia was linked to a ‘Mother Goddess’ cult. However, evidence for dominant female role these societies has been scarce. We studied social organisation, mobility patterns gendered practices Neolithic Southwest Asia using 131 paleogenomes from Çatalhöyük Mound (7100-5950 BCE), major settlement Central with an uninterrupted occupation apparent egalitarian structure. In contrast widespread genetic...

10.1101/2024.06.23.600259 preprint EN cc-by-nc bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024-06-24
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