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RECERCAT author Santiago-Marrero, Carlos G. author Lancelotti, Carla author Madella, Marco 2024-05-03T06:01:06Z2024-05-03T06:01:06Z2024 In archaeology, the study of past plant processing activities in domestic spaces has hitherto relied greatly on the observed distribution of macrobotanical and artefactual remains. However, the surfaces where such activities took place can themselves preserve microscopic remains, potentially traceable to the activity that originated them. This paper presents new aspects of plant-related tasks, and the use of living space, at household level, in Neolithic Çatalhöyük through spatial analyses of phytoliths and starch grains recovered from two house floors. Results have revealed plant-related tasks such as crop processing, the use of plant-based crafts, and the management and culinary use of wild resources previously unrepresented in the archaeobotanical assemblage. These distinctive uses of vegetal resources in domestic spaces identified through microbotanical remains have shed light on new complex aspects of household social organisation in one of the earliest farming communities in Western Asia. © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Archaeobotany Phytoliths Starch grains Spatial analyses Plant processing activities Neolithic çatalhöyük Western asia Integrating spatial analyses and microbotanical remains: a methodological approach for investigating plant processing activities and domestic spaces at Neolithic Çatalhöyük info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion