ÇATALHÖYÜK 1999 ARCHIVE REPORT 

Table 5 Plant taxa identified in seed and fruit assemblages from Çatalhöyük excavations, 1996-1999 (every effort has been made to obtain as accurate Turkish names as possible)

Domestic plants

Latin name

English name

Turkish name

Part(s) identified

Cerealia

cereal type

-

awns

Cicer sp.

chickpea

Nohut

seed

*Hordeum vulgare var. nudum

naked barley

Arpa

grains

Hordeum vulgare

hulled barley

Arpa

grains

Hordeum vulgare s.l.

barley

Arpa

rachis segments

*Lens culinaris

lentil

Mercimek

seed

*Pisum sativum

pea

Bezelye

seed

*Triticum dicoccum

emmer wheat

Emmer bugday

grains, spikelet forks/glume bases

*Triticum monoccum

einkorn wheat

Einkorn bugday

grains, possibly spikelet forks

Triticum aestivum

bread wheat

Ekmekli bugday

rachis segments

Vicia cf. ervilla

bitter vetch

-

seed

Non-domestic plants

Potential selected resources

Latin name

English name

Turkish name

Part(s) identified

*Amygdalus sp.

wild plum/almond

Badem

fruitstone

*Celtis sp.

hackberry

Çitlembik

mineralised endocarps

Ficus sp.

fig

Incir

achene

Juniperus sp.

juniper

Ardiç

fruitstone

Pistacia cf. terebinthus

pistachio

Fistik

seed

Prunus sp.

plum

Erik/Kiraz

fruitstone

Quercus sp.

acorn

Mese

acorn + cup bases

Rhus sp.

sumach

Sumak

seed

*Scirpus maritimus

sea club-rush

-

*nutlets, *tubers

Wild/weed taxa

Latin name

English name

Turkish name

Part(s) identified

Adonis sp.

pheasant’s eye

Keklikgözlü

seed

Aeluropus sp.

-

grain

Alnus sp.

alder

Kizil agaç

seed

Amaranthus sp.

pigweed

Tilikuyrugu

seed

Anagalis sp.

scarlet pimpernel

Farekulagi

nutlet

Asteraceae

daisy family

-

seeds

Astralagus sp.

milk vetch

Geven

seed

Brassicaceae

cabbage family

-

seed

Bromus sp.

brome grass

-

grain

Carex sp.

sedge

-

nutlet

Centaurea sp.

star thistle

Peygamber çiçegi

seed

Caryophyllaceae

pink family

-

seed

Chenopodiaceae

goosefoot family

-

seed

Chenopodium sp.

goosefoot

Sirken

seed

Convolvulaceae

bindweed

Mahmude otu

seed

*Fabaceae (small-seeded)

pea family

-

seed

Fumaria sp.

Fumitory

Sahtere otu

seed

Galium sp.

bedstraw/cleavers

-

seed

Heliotropium sp.

heliotrope

Sigil out

seed

Lathyrus sp.

vetchling

-

seed

Linum sp.

flax

Keten

seed

Lithospermum arvense

corn gromwell

-

mineralised seed

Lolium sp

rye grass

Delice

grain

Malva sp.

mallow

-

seed

Medicago sp.

medick

-

seed

Oenanthe cf. fluviatalis/aquitalis

water dropwort

-

seed

Phalaris sp.

canary grass

Kus yemi

grain

Poaceae (Phragmites type)

grass family (reed type)

-

stem fragments

Poaceae (small-seeded)

grass family

-

grain

Polygonum sp.

knotweed

Madimak

nutlet

Potamogeton sp.

pondweed

-

seed

Rumex sp.

dock

-

nutlet

Salsola sp.

saltwort

-

seed

Scorpiurus sp.

caterpillar

-

seed

Sisymbrium type

-

-

seed

Thymelaea sp.

thymelaea

-

seed

Trigonella sp.

trigonel

-

seed

* = common; Latin names follow Zohary & Hopf 1994, The Flora of Turkey and common names follow Van Zeist & Bakker-Heere, 1982.



© Çatalhöyük Research Project and individual authors, 1999