The 6200 BC “map” of Çatalhöyük in Anatolia uncovered in 1900s by James Mellaart. This mural is thought to represent a nearby volcanic eruption and plan of the site. “One painting, he [Mellart] thought, seemed to represent a town plan of the Neolithic village, with an erupting volcano looming overhead.1” New scientific evidence confirms a contemporaneous eruption at nearby Hasan Dağ.
See:
- http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/catalhoyuk-mural-the-earliest-representation-of-a-volcanic-eruption/
- Michael Balter, The Goddess and the Bull: Catalhoyuk: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization, New York etc., Simon and Schuster 2010, p. 24
References
- ↑Michael Bulter. 2010, p. 25