Highlighting specialization in Prehistoric Societies with a use-wear approach: Catalhöyük (Neolithic phases) (Central Anatolia) and Arslantepe (East Anatolia) (EBA phase) in comparison
This paper is aimed at exploring the testimonies of specialized productions in ”egalitarian” and ”´elite-based” societies through the application of the use-wear analysis.
First-hand data from the chipped stone tools of sampled buildings pertaining to the Neolithic
levels of the mega-site of Catalh´’oy´’uk and from the chipped stone tools and macro-lithic
tools of the proto-urban site of Arlantepe (levels VIII, VII, VIA and VIB) will be compared
and integrated with the published data coming from other related analyses.