Table 3. List of interdisciplinary analyses, numbers of samples and co-ordinating institutions, Çatalhöyük 1999.
Co-ordinating institutions |
Sample type |
Analysis |
Number of samples |
Middle East Technical University |
Non-museum worthy fragments of obsidian |
ICP AES |
58 |
Middle East Technical University |
Charred plant remains |
DNA |
2 |
Middle East Technical University |
Mudbricks and mortars |
Optically stimulated luminescence dating |
2 |
Middle East Technical University |
Sediments |
Phosphate, geochemical and mineralogical analyses |
312 |
Middle East Technical University |
Stone
Associated pigment |
Geological, including petrology |
43
1 |
Berkeley University and Middle East Technical University |
Non-museum-worthy framents of clay balls
Comparative sediments |
Petrographic and XRD |
74
21 |
Cambridge University, Natural History Museum, Oxford University |
Human bone and teeth |
Stable isotope
DNA
Histology |
64
27
13 |
Cambridge University, London University |
Animal bone and teeth |
DNA |
13 |
Cambridge University |
Sediment |
Micromorphology
SEM |
109 |
Cambridge University,
Plymouth University |
Sediment |
Palaeoecology |
7 monoliths |
Cambridge University,
Bristol University |
Sediment
Non-museum worthy fragments:
clay ball
pottery
stone
pigment |
Organic residue
Organic residue and XRF |
22
23
1
11
1 |
Liverpool University |
Non-museum worthy fragments of pottery (Survey project) |
Petrographic |
91 |
CNRS, France |
Non-museum worthy fragments of obsidian |
XRF |
50 |
Wisconsin University |
Sediment |
ICP AES |
308 |
Berkeley University, London University |
Phytoliths |
Anatomical identification |
98 |
Berkeley University |
Sediment |
Starch |
7 |
Cornell University |
Charred wood |
Dendrochronology |
5 |