Figurine of a Seated Goddess Çatalhöyük Neolithic first half of 6th mill. B.C. Baked clay Ankara, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

This figurine seated, with legs curled to left beneath body shows that the central element of religion in the Neolithic Period was the mother goddess. Her hands are placed on large pendulous breasts. Her large belly rests on heavy thighs.