Researchers Discover Urban Problems Plagued Even the Earliest Cities

Excavations at Çatalhöyük. (Credit: NiglaNik/Shutterstock)In the mid-1960s, an English archaeologist discovered an enormous and ancient settlement called Çatalhöyük on the Konya Plain in south central Turkey. Wall paintings and figurines of humans and animals revealed a cultured community once lived there around 9000 years ago. Crowded houses and numerous graves revealed a growing and complex society.
Researchers established the Çatalhöyük Resea