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Phytolith (plant remains) from a round basket found in the middle of the western room (Space 158) of Building 5, which was the focus for food preparation and storage. Microscopic examination will help specialists identify the species of plant that the basket was made of. Some baskets at Çatalhöyük have been made from date-palm fibers that came from many hundreds of miles away in the Levant, on the eastern Mediterranean coast.