Volume 4 deals with various aspects of the habitation of Çatalhöyuek. Part A embarks on a discussion of the relationship between the site and its environment, using a wide range of evidence from faunal and charred archaeobotanical remains.

Peopling Catalhoyuk and its Landscape (Ian Hodder); Part A: Site-Environment Relations Catalhoyuk mammal remains (Nerissa Russell and Louise Martin); Catalhoyuk bird bones (Nerissa Russell and Kevin J McGowan); Catalhoyuk microfauna: Preliminary results and interpretations (Emma Jenkins); The eggshell from Catalhoyuk: A pilot study (Jane Sidell and Claire Scudder); The Catalhoyuk shells (David S Reece); Macrobotanical investigation: Field methods and laboratory analysis procedures (Christine Hastorf); Macrobotanical investigation of the north, south and KOPAL area excavations at Catalhoyuk east (Andrew Fairbairn et al); Phytolith indicators of plant and land use at Catalhoyuk (Arlene M Rosen); Woodland vegetation and the exploitation of fuel and timber at neolithic Catalhoyuk: Report on the wood-charcoal macro-remains (Eleni Asouti); Part B: Human Lifeways The human burials at Catalhoyuk (Peter Andrews et al); Reconstruction of the neolithic people of Catalhoyuk (Theya Molleson et al); Social aspects of Burial (Naomi Hamilton); Pilot project: Catalhoyuk ancient DNA study (Ripan S Malhi et al); Stable-isotope evidence of diet at Catalhoyuk (Michael P Richards and Jessica A Pearson); Estimating the neolithic population of Catalhoyuk (Craig Cressford); Part C: The Settlement and its Sediments Settlement logic studies as an aid to understanding prehistoric settlement organization: Ethnoarchaeological research in central Anatolia (E Nurcan Yalman); Magnetic, radar and resistivity studies at Catalhoyuk (Clark A Dobbs and Donald W Johnson); Micromorphological and microstratigraphic traces of uses and concepts of space (Wendy Matthews); Chemical analysis of floor sediments for the identification of anthropogenic activity residues (William D Middleton et al); Phosphorus analysis of sediments from neolithic Catalhoyuk (Ali Akin Akyol and Sahinde Demirci); Biomarker evidence of faecal deposition in archaeological sediments at Catalhoyuk (Ian D Bull et al); CD: Supplementary text, figures and tables.