The demise of Catalhöyük East Settlement (in Polish “Upadek wielkich neolitycznych protomiast. Przeobrażenia osadnicze, gospodarcze i społeczne w ostatnich fazach zasiedlenia Catalhöyük East w Środkowej Anatolii (6400 – 6000 cal BC)) was a project which approached the economic, social, and settlement changes during the last phases of human occupation at Catalhöyük East in Middle Anatolia (6400 – 6000 cal BC). The changes were investigated due to analyses of various kinds of the archaeological record which were excavated at Catalhöyük by the Team Poznań between 2001 and 2008.
The detailed analyses of pottery sheds, animal bones, fragments of flint and obsidian tools, as well as contextualized correlations between them enabled researchers to better understand the last phases of human occupation at one of the most important archaeological sites. The main conclusion of the research seems to confirm the decay of neighborhoods communities which were the basic form of social organization during the time of functioning of the settlement at the Catalhöyük tell. Around 6400 – 6000 cal BC it was replaced by social organization based on individual farmsteads’ model.
The project was carried out between 2010 and 2012. The research was financed by the National Science Centre of Poland.