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"This Site Has Often Been Called "The Cemetery Site", But Research Has Suggested That The Deceased Were Buried Next To Or Beneath Dwellings. This Practice Is Called Residential Burial" (Wiki)
"As A Part Of Ritual Life, The People Of Çatalhöyük Buried Their Dead Within The Village. Human Remains Have Been Found In Pits Beneath The Floors And, Especially, Beneath Hearths, The Platforms Within The Main Rooms, And Under Beds" (Wiki)
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See Www.Researchgate.Net
"The Houses Belonged To The Living, As Well As To The Dead Who Were Buried In Pits Beneath The Rammed Earthen Floors" (Unesco).
Common Mud Brick Houses Of Rather Small Dimensions, Made Of One To Three Rooms, Have Been Excavated. Proof Has Been Found Of Burials Underneath The Floors Or Close To The Houses With Simple And Poorly Differentiated Grave Goods. (Nomination Text, P. 11-12)