Intensive archaeobotanical investigations at Çatalhöyük have created a unique opportunity to explore change and continuity in plant use through the ca 1,500-year Neolithic to early Chalcolithic sequence of an early established farming community. The combination of crops and herd animals in the earliest (Aceramic) part of the sequence reflects a distinct and diverse central Anatolian ‘package’ at the end of the eighth millennium cal. BC. Here we report evidence for near continual adjustment of cropping regimes through time at Çatalhöyük, featuring recruitment of minor crops or crop contaminants to become major staples. We use panarchy theory to frame an understanding of Çatalhöyük's long-term sustainability, arguing that its resilience was a function of three key factors: its diverse initial crop spectrum, which acted as an archive for later innovations; its modular social structure, enabling small-scale experimentation and innovation in cropping at the household level; and its agglomerated social morphology, allowing successful developments to be scaled up across the wider community. This case study in long-term sustainability through flexible, changeable cropping strategies is significant not only for understanding so-called boom and bust cycles elsewhere but also for informing wider agro-ecological understanding of sustainable development in central Anatolia and beyond.

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长寿的早期农业社区的农业创新和复原力：安纳托利亚中部新石器时代到早期红铜时代恰塔霍尤克的 1,500 年序列

在Çatalhöyük 进行的深入的考古植物学调查创造了一个独特的机会，可以通过早期建立的农业社区的 1,500 年新石器时代到早期铜石时代的序列来探索植物使用的变化和连续性。该序列最早（陶瓷）部分中的农作物和畜群动物的组合反映了 8 世纪末期独特而多样的安纳托利亚中部“包装”。公元前。在这里，我们报告了 Çatalhöyük 随着时间的推移几乎不断调整种植制度的证据，其中包括补充少量作物或作物污染物成为主要主食。我们使用panarchy 理论来理解Çatalhöyük 的长期可持续性，认为其恢复力是三个关键因素的函数：其多样化的初始作物谱系，作为后来创新的档案库；其模块化的社会结构，能够在家庭层面进行小规模的种植试验和创新；及其聚集的社会形态，使成功的发展能够在更广泛的社区中扩大规模。这个通过灵活、多变的种植策略实现长期可持续性的案例研究不仅对于理解其他地方所谓的繁荣和萧条周期具有重要意义，而且对于更广泛地了解安纳托利亚中部及其他地区的可持续发展的农业生态学意义重大。