A Man Sculpture in Çatalhöyük

Çatalhöyük is a very important site of Turkey, not only because was the home of the first farmers of Europe, but because it is work with a very special methodology.
In the last excavations, the archaeologists founded a man sculpture carved, which to added the animals sculptures.
In this figurine, you can see a man with a bushy beard and big nose. In the site, they are many feminine sculpture, which have been used for speculate the believe in the “mother goddesses”.
The figurines, either of animals, men, or females are very interesting, overall if we talk about the first domesticating people, because this talk us about of the relationship between human and their environment, and about how they understood the separation, or symbiosis, between culture (the humanity), and nature (animals and plants).
In despite than some figurines shows violence and death indicators, other figurines, specially the females, appear to be used for cult to fertility, as have been postulated for the Upper Paleolithic, and Lower Neolithic. This case, could been see in other places and sites of Europe, as Willendorf, Lespugue, Brassempouy, and other.
Less cases of man sculpture are known, and for that, this finding is important, although the archaeologist should research the social implications of these plastics representations.

See the new in http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/sep/10/stone-figurine-man-catalhoyuk

Visiting Santiago

I wasn’t born in Santiago, but in Talca. I arrived to Santiago when I was 2 years. I like live in Santiago, especially because is a cosmopolitan place. In Santiago you can access to many services, and many facilities en many aspects with most ease that in other city.
Despite the previous, I want to live in the north of Chile, especially because is very beautiful and the weather is very good for my, and more funny. I hate the rain.
Santiago is not too bad. I think that is not an ugly city, I think that Santiago is nice place, but, maybe not for live all your life.
The most beautiful and interesting places to go in Santiago, is the center of city. This place is very fast, and is dangerous, but you can see the main activities of market, much diversity of people, many popular activities, and beautiful architecture, modern, and old. And I think that this mixture is amazing.
One of the things you should do, if you are a tourist in Santiago, is eat “Chorrillana”. In the Bellavista neighborhood you can find many places to eat this food, and drink a beer. This place is popular with Young people and tourist too. Near, in the same neighborhood is “La Chascona”, a very famous places, because was the house of Neruda, the writer.
If you are interesting in the history of the country, you must visit the National History Museum. This is near to Plaza de Armas, and is the correct places to see old customs and influential people history.
A typical places of the popular culture is the Market Central. Here there are many sellers oh many kind things, and typical food too, and delicious. Near, is “La Piojera”, a famous popular bar, where you could drink “terremoto”, a famous drink of the Chilean people.
Is here too the Estacion Mapocho. This place is a old building that was used for railways station and now is heritage place. It is for cultural diffusion, and there are many exhibitions of diverse cultural expressions.