Archaeologists have been arguing for years about the social structure of Çatalhöyük, a big Neolithic settlement in Turkey ...

Genetic analysis of skeletons at Catalhoyuk, a Neolithic settlement in Turkey, suggests a matriarchal society where women ...

A new study suggests that a 9,000-year-old society in Catalhoyuk, a proto-city in southern Anatolia, may have established a ...

Further evidence has emerged that 8,000 years ago, women had at least as much status in society as men, at least in one of ...

Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early ...

What was life like some 8,000–9,000 years ago for the people on the East Mound at Çatalhöyük, an important Neolithic ...

Scientists have lifted the lid on the discovery of two female skeletons inside a Neolithic-era chert-mining shaft.

A woman buried roughly 12,000 years ago near the upper reaches of the Tigris River in southwestern Turkey may have been a shaman thought to have a spiritual connection with wild animals, a new ...

A depiction of a Neolithic woman, who scientists now believe were more integral to agricultural tasks and enjoyed the same burial treatment as men. Konstantin Aksenov.

Neolithic women in Europe were tied up and buried alive in ritual sacrifices, study suggests. News. By Tom Metcalfe published 10 April 2024 ...

The burial, dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period, contained the remains of a woman who may have played a spiritual or shamanic role in her community. What stands out the most is that the woman ...