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Abu Hureyra
Ain Mallaha
anatolian
ancient ritual practices
archaeological fieldwork
Author_Michael Balter
Cambridge Archaeological Unit
Category=NK
Category=NKD
Christine Hastorf
dig
Dig House
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eq_isMigrated=2
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Hayonim Cave
hodder
house
ian
ICP Result
james
James Mellaart
konya
Konya Plain
Level VI
Long Houses
Marija Gimbutas
material culture analysis
mellaart
Mud Brick Buildings
Neolithic Anatolia excavation history
Neolithic Revolution
Neolithic social organization
plain
Plaster Of Paris
Post-processual Archaeologists
prehistoric settlement
Red Crossbill
Silvery Wormwoods
Skull Cults
studies
symbolic anthropology
Theya Molleson
Trowel's Edge
Trowel’s Edge
Turkish Graduate Student
Vice Versa
Wood Burned
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138404687
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Jul 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Veteran science writer Michael Balter skillfully weaves together many threads in this fascinating book about one of archaeology‘s most legendary sitestalh y k. First excavated forty years ago, the site is justly revered by prehistorians, art historians, and New Age goddess worshippers alike for its spectacular finds dating almost 10,000 years ago. Archaeological maverick Ian Hodder, leader of the recent re-excavation at this Turkish mound, designated Balter as the project‘s biographer. The result is a skillful telling of many stories about both past and present: of the inhabitants of Neolithictalh y k and the development of human creativity and ingenuity, as revealed in the recent excavation; of James Mellaart, the original excavator, whose troubles off the mound eventually overshadowed his incisive work at the site; of Hodder and his intense, brilliant crew who marveled and squabbled over the meaning of finds in dusty trenches while attempting to reintepret Mellaart‘s work; and of the recent history of the theory and methods of archaeology itself. Part story of the human past, part soap opera of modern scholarly life, part textbook on the practice of modern archaeology, this book should appeal to general readers and archaeological students alike.
