of the adult skeletons recovered 84 were male and 132 female. women were found buried with obsidian mirrors, personal ornamments such as colored beads and cosmetic sets including shells filled with red ochre. men were buried with less personal adornment but with numerous weapons such as maces, daggers, knives, arrow-heads and a few sickle blades. little can be said about the population of Catal Huyuk except that they were dolicho-cephalic (long-headed), of fair stature and thin-boned. the majority of burials are of women and children and few individuals seem to have reached middle age.