*** Clay statuettes, in situ, Aceramic Neolithic Period, ca. 8500-7000.
*** Clay statuettes, in situ, Aceramic Neloithic Period, ca. 8500-7000.
*** Human skulls with shell-inlaid eyes and a burial, Aceramic Neolithic Period, ca. 8500-7000.
*** Excavation plan and section showing superposed levels.
*** Reconstructed views of Level VI and a typical house, ca 6000.
*** Level VIb plan, ca. 6000.
*** Reconstructed view of Level VI house ("shrine") with wall-relief figure of female giving birth.
*** Reconstructed view of Level VI house ("shrine"), ca. 6000, with horns set into pedestals.
*** Excavation view of actual horns set into a pedestal, Level VI.
*** Reconstruction of "Vulture Shrine," Level III, first half 6th millennium.
*** Drawing of wall painting of vulture and corpses, Level VII, late 7th millennium.
*** Grave beneath floor of house.
*** Wall relief from a Level VI house ("shrine") showing a pair of leopards, late 7th millennium.
*** Detail of leopards in preceding image.
*** Drawing of wall painting from Level VII showing a townscape(?) and a volcano(?) (Hasan Dag?) in the background, late 7th millennium.
*** Wall painting showing a bull hunt, Level V, early 6th millennium.
*** Wall painting, hunter(?) wearing leopard skin, Level III, first half of 6th millennium.
*** Wall painting, detail of another hunter(?), Level III, first half of 6th millennium.
*** Detail of wall painting with representation of a flat-woven rug ("kilim").
*** Stone relief showing three figures in an apparent "sacred marriage" ("hieros gamos"), from house ("shrine") in Level VI, ca. 6000.
*** Terracotta enthroned steatopygous female giving birth, Level II, first half 6th millennium.
*** Terracotta steatopygous female.
*** Wooden vessels, mostly from burials in Level VI, ca. 6000.
*** Restored view of the Proto-Neolithic settlement, early 9th millennium.
*** Stone tower in the Proto-Neolithic defenses, early 9th millennium.
*** Plastered human skull shown in situ in a house burial of the Aceramic Neolithic Period, late 9th-8th millennium.
*** Same plastered skull as preceding, after removal and cleaning; eyes inlaid with shells.
*** Selection of flint blades.
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