"A network of mutualities of being": socio-material archaeological networks and biological ties at \c{C}atalh\"oy\"uk
Camilla Mazzucato, Michele Coscia, Ay\c{c}a K\"u\c{c}\"ukakda\u{g}, Do\u{g}u, Scott Haddow, Muhammed S{\i}dd{\i}k K{\i}l{\i}\c{c}, Eren, Y\"unc\"u, Mehmet Somel

TL;DR
This paper introduces a Network Science framework to integrate archaeogenomic and material culture data at Çatalhöyük, revealing how biological relatedness and social organization are reflected in material culture and spatial distribution.
Contribution
It proposes a novel methodological approach using network variance to analyze biological and material relationships within archaeological site networks.
Findings
Material culture similarity indicates potential biological relationships.
Biogenetic ties are concentrated in specific localities.
Network variance reveals social and biological organization patterns.
Abstract
Recent advances in archaeogenomics have granted access to previously unavailable biological information with the potential to further our understanding of past social dynamics at a range of scales. However, to properly integrate these data within archaeological narratives, new methodological and theoretical tools are required. Effort must be put into finding new methods for weaving together different datasets where material culture and archaeogenomic data are both constitutive elements. This is true on a small scale, when we study relationships at the individual level, and at a larger scale when we deal with social and population dynamics. Specifically, in the study of kinship systems it is essential to contextualize and make sense of biological relatedness through social relations, which, in archaeology, is achieved by using material culture as a proxy. In this paper we propose a…
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TopicsFolklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical Studies of British Isles
