| Entry: | Somehow working on this site made me indifferent to statements claiming that one interpretation is unlikely because “we never find those” or “they (the Neolithic people) never did that”. Yes many of things they did were (for various reasons) highly standardized, however they ale were able to cope (and in very practical way) with (at least some) unprecedented situations. Buildings found in the North prove that when attempting to build on unusual (and unstable ground) they could take on substantial construction works (not seen in “classical” Catal) in order to stabilize new buildings. That said I don’t think that bizarre construction beneath space 444 of building 96 is a foundation part of this small side room, however it is definitely of constructional and structural rather than occupational nature.
Two adjacent, square and small (ca 1x1m) compartments/cells, composed partially from older walls (in W) and partially from something that seems to be foundation walls (directly under F 3514 in the E), and filled with sterile packing infill, don’t seem to be occupied at any time (the sheer size of the compartments would make it extremely difficult). Therefore they have to be constructional, reinforcing something adjacent or above them. What that something would be, remains unanswered, but the fact that more and more seems to point toward at least some terracing of this part of the mound, might be of some importance. |
