Fig. 2.

Çatalhöyük burial F.2232 is a headless young adult female (13162) with a fetal skeleton (13163; arrow) in her abdominal region. The 2 individuals were the first in a sequence of interments in a burial pit in the east platform of Building 60, dating from the Late Period occupation at Çatalhöyük. Skull removal was an element of mortuary treatment in this Neolithic setting. Image credit: Jason Quinlin. Image courtesy of the Çatalhöyük Research Project.