Episode 99
The Neolithic Shaman Girl from Çemka Höyük, or Terrapin Station in the Tenth Millennium
This Week in the Ancient Near East
October 14, 202440m 6s
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Show Notes
A Neolithic shaman burial at Çemka Höyük in southeastern Turkey? Why not! Somebody had to be a guide to the spirit world. But why are they always buried with tortoises? Aurochs, sure, weasels, um, ok. Our contestants are stumped and offer wild speculations. So business as usual.