What kind of clothes did women in Catalhoyuk wear? Did they wear clothes like in the pictures in Dig magazine? How did they keep clean?
   Min Jae, 12, Istanbul, Turkey

Dr. dig responds:
The clothes shown in DIG magazine's March/April 2002 issue are likely to be pretty accurate. We know that the people of Catalhoyuk had access to animal skins, and that they wore beads and body paint. The magazine may be wrong on one point, however. Although leopard skin clothes are shown in the Catalhoyuk art, no leopard bones have been found at the site, so we cannot prove that leopard skin was ever worn. As Catalhoyuk was situated on a river, there was plenty of water for drinking, cooking and washing.