Hodder, Ian, editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2018-09-272018-09-272018https://hdl.handle.net/10217/192318Includes bibliographical references and index.Exploring the role of religion in the origin of settled life in the Middle East and focusing on repetitive house or cult building construction in the same place. Working at several important sites it's argued that religious factors had significant effects on timing and stability of economics.--Provided by publisher.1. Simulating Religious Entanglement and Social Investment in the Neolithic / Wesley J. Wildman -- 2. Creating Settled Life: Micro-Histories of Community, Ritual, and Place---the Central Zagros and Catalhuyuk / Wendy Matthews -- 3. Long-Term Memory and the Community in the Later Prehistory of the Levant / Anna Belfer-Cohen -- 4. Establishing Identities in the Proto-Neolithic: "History Making" at Gobekli Tepe from the Late Tenth Millennium cal bce / Devrim Sonmez -- 5. Re-presenting the Past: Evidence from Daily Practices and Rituals at Kortik Tepe / Vecihi Ozkaya -- 6. Sedentism and Solitude: Exploring the Impact of Private Space on Social Cohesion in the Neolithic / Gunes Duru -- 7. "Every Man's House Was His Temple": Mimetic Dynamics in the Transition from Asikli Hoyuk to Catalhoyuk / Mark R. Anspach -- 8. Interrogating "Property" at Neolithic Catalhoyuk / Rosemary A. Joyce -- 9. Ritualization of Daily Practice: Exploring the Staging of Ritual Acts at Neolithic Catalhoyuk, Turkey / Christina Tsoraki -- 10. Virtually Rebuilding Catalhoyuk History Houses / Nicola Lercari.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Social archaeology -- Middle EastDwellings -- Middle East -- Religious aspectsEconomic anthropology -- Middle EastSpatial analysis (Statistics) in archaeologyExcavations (Archaeology) -- Middle EastNeolithic period -- Middle EastÇatal Mound (Turkey)Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Turkey -- Çatal MoundTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.