DNA Study Reveals Matrilineal, Matrilocal Society at Çatalhöyük
- On Thursday, June 26, researchers published in Science findings revealing that the 9,000-year-old Çatalhöyük site in Turkey was a female-centered society based on genetic evidence.
- DNA from 131 skeletons dated 7100–5800 BCE reveals kinship patterns, showing first-degree relatives buried together, indicating family-based household structures at Çatalhöyük.
- DNA analysis of 131 skeletons shows first-degree relatives buried together, with female infants receiving more grave goods, indicating female-centered social organization in Çatalhöyük.
- The findings challenge Hodder’s egalitarian view and contrast with patrilineal Neolithic Europe, highlighting ongoing debates over social organization and female power in early societies.
- Somel stated the team plans DNA analysis of earlier societies to test if the female-centered pattern was unique, aiming to deepen understanding of social evolution.
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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics research to shed new light on the emergence of farming in the Middle East in the transition from hunting and gathering, called the Neolithic Revolution. The authors find that big villages or perhaps “towns” like Çatalhöyük in what is now Turkiye, morever, were matriarchal, with female lineage…
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