“…The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük (Hodder, 2007) is situated in the western Konya Basin, 143 south central Turkey (Figure 1) on the gentle slopes of the alluvial and marl fan delta of the 144 proto-Çarşamba and May Rivers (Doherty, 2013;Roberts, 2015 As a result, seasonal climate inferences must be considered as local to regional rather than 158 strictly site-specific. 159…”