At this site, archaeologists found a statue of a seated woman giving birth and placing her hands on two leopards, evidence that its residents worshiped a Mother Goddess.
This site's wall paintings include many depictions of two vultures spreading their wings on either side of a headless man. Its houses were entered through openings on the ceiling instead of ground-level doors. At this site, archaeologists found a statue of a seated woman giving birth and placing her hands on two leopards, evidence that its residents worshiped a Mother Goddess. The eleven obsidian mirrors discovered at this site are the oldest mirrors yet discovered. It was first excavated by James Mellaart in the 1960s, and was later chosen to be the first site to be excavated using post-processual archeology. Currently being excavated by Ian Hodder, this urban center existed from approximately 7500 BCE to 5700 BCE in Anatolia, and was over twice the size of Jericho. For 10 points, name this Neolithic site located in modern Turkey.
This site's wall paintings include many depictions of two vultures spreading their wings on either side of a headless man.
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