Annotated Bibliography: Evidence for a goddess cult at Catal Huyuk. Introduction and outline Catal Hoyuk is a key site in the study of early urban centers in the Near East. The site, which dates to the Neolithic, is one of the earliest sites where evidence for early agriculture and large-scale settlement has been found. The site is 32 acres in size and was densely occupied. It has been estimated that the site supported from 1,650 to 10,000 people …showed first 75 words of 2379 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2379 total… and proposes that perhaps the religion may have had both a male and female deity. This article will be useful as it clearly layout some of the questions that arise with evaluating a cognative aspect of the past. Though we may never be able to truly know the religious practices of the people of the past, investigations such as this will help to raise the questions that we need to find answers for.