"But some were more equal than others:" Exploring inequality at Neolithic Catalhoyuk.

ABSTRACT: We explore the ways in which residents of Neolithic Çatalhöyük in Anatolia differentiated themselves as well as the ways in which they did not. We integrate numerous data sets in order to assess patterns of inequality (A) across buildings with contemporaneous occupations, (B) between buildings that did or did not burn at abandonment, and (C) through time. We use Gini coefficients so as to maximize comparability with other studies of inequality in the ancient and modern worlds, discussing the underlying data and our results to clarify and enhance the value of the quantitative analyses. We evaluate whether or not trajectories of inequality align across data sets in order to determine how far success in one realm correlated with success in another. Our results indicate no unified trajectory o

SUBMITTER: Twiss KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11379307 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature