Anatolian chert raw materials: Preliminary results and perspectives

In Central Anatolia, chipped stone at sites such as Çatalhöyük comprises approximately 90% of obsidian and 10% of other raw materials. These other raw materials are not precisely characterized when they show diverse quality, type of raw material and different technical investment for knapping. Speculations about sources and provenance of these raw materials in Central Anatolia are diverse but rarely supported by surveys. This paper proposes the preliminary results concerning surveys in the region of Konya, Karaman and Beyşehir with the site of Çatalhöyük at the centre.