Seated Goddess of Catalhuyuk

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Seated Goddess of Catalhuyuk is a neolithic carving by an unknown artist. Completed sometime between 7000 BC and 5000 BC, this symbol of fertility was unearthed by archeologist James Mellaart in 1961 at a site in Çatalhöyük, Turkey.

There were a number of goddess artifacts recovered, either made of baked clay or carved from stone. A mother-goddess is represented in various forms : a young girl, an old woman or a woman giving birth to a child.

The Seated Goddess of Catalhuyuk, flanked on either side with a leopard, is a nude female form in baked clay that must have had a special significance.

[edit] References

• Mellaart, James : Çatalhöyük, A Neolithic Town in Anatolia, London, 1967
• Guide book of "The Anatolian Civilizations Museum"

[edit] External links

• When the Goddesses Ruled - Catalhuyuk
• The Goddess Uncovered