In archaeology, the study of past plant processing activities in domestic spaces has hitherto relied greatly on the observed distribution of macrobotanical and artefactual remains. However, the surfaces where such activities took place can themselves preserve microscopic remains, potentially traceable to the activity that originated them. This paper presents new aspects of plant-related tasks, and the use of living space, at household level, in Neolithic Çatalhöyük through spatial analyses of phytoliths and starch grains recovered from two house floors. Results have revealed plant-related tasks such as crop processing, the use of plant-based crafts, and the management and culinary use of wild resources previously unrepresented in the archaeobotanical assemblage. These distinctive uses of vegetal resources in domestic spaces identified through microbotanical remains have shed light on new complex aspects of household social organisation in one of the earliest farming communities in Western Asia.

在考古学中，迄今为止，对家庭空间中过去植物加工活动的研究很大程度上依赖于观察到的大型植物和人工遗骸的分布。然而，发生此类活动的表面本身可以保存微观遗迹，有可能追溯到起源于它们的活动。本文通过对从两栋房屋地板中回收的植物硅体和淀粉粒进行空间分析，介绍了新石器时代加泰土丘地区与植物相关的任务以及家庭层面的生活空间使用的新方面。研究结果揭示了与植物相关的任务，例如农作物加工、植物工艺品的使用以及以前在考古植物学组合中未出现的野生资源的管理和烹饪使用。通过微生物遗骸鉴定出的家庭空间中植物资源的独特用途，揭示了西亚最早的农业社区之一家庭社会组织新的复杂方面。