Neolithic Burial from �atalh�y�k, Turkey (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neolithic Burial from �atalh�y�k, Turkey

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Neolithic burial from Çatalhöyük, Turkey, is represented by a headless young adult female with a fetal skeleton (arrow). Skull removal was a burial custom practiced in number of instances at this locality.

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Image courtesy of the �atalh�y�k Research Project/Jason Quinlan.

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