Neolithic in Turkey : the cradle of civilization : new discoveries / edited by Mehmet Özdoğan, Nezih Başgelen.

Includes bibliographical references.

[1]. Foreword / Nezih Başgelen -- Editoryal Notes / Mehmet Özdoğan -- Preface / Mehmet Özdoğan -- Introduction - The Neolithic in Turkey : A General Review / Ufuk Esin -- Hallan Çemi / Michael Rosenberg -- Çayönü / Aslı Özdoğan -- The Urfa Region / Harald Hauptmann -- The Pre-Pottery site of Cafer Höyük /Jacques Cauvin, Olivier Aurenche, Marie-Claire Cauvin, Nur Balkan Atlı -- Early Farmers on the Cilician Coast : Yumuktepe in the Seventh Millenium B.C./ Isabella Caneva -- Aşıklı / Ufuk Esin, Savaş Harmankaya -- Obsidian : Sources, Workshopsand Trade in Central / Nur Balkan Atlı, Didier Binder, Marie Claire Cauvin, ... [et al] -- Musular : Ageneral Assessment on a New Neolithic Site in Central Anatolia / Mihriban Özbaşaran -- Renewed Work at Çartalhöyük / Ian Hodder -- The Neolithic of the Lake District / Refik Duru -- Ilıpınar, An Early Farming Village in the İznik Lake Basin / Jacob Roodenberg -- Northwestern Turkey : Neolithic Cultures in Between the Blkans and Anatolia / Mehmet Özdoğan -- Concluding Remarks / Mehmet Özdoğan -- [2]. Plates.

In Neolithic in Turkey, Nezih Basgelen brings to us another important archaeological synthesis. This work is a timely, well-written, and well-illustrated introduction to the latest research on the earliest farmers and herders to live in the diverse environments of Turkey. From the southeastern foothills of Anatolia, through the valleys of the Anti-Taurus and Taurus, the high arid basins of the central plateau, the mountain-girt lakes and valleys of the Aegean hinterlands, and to the plains of Thrace, a wealth of early communities is presented. Both specialists and the interested general public willi value the maps, plans, and artifact illustrations which show the earliest known village at Hallan Cemi, the surprising early ritual centers at Nevali Cori and Gobekli Tepe, and prosperous early settlements-many larger and more complex than we expect in village societies-such as Cafer Hoyuk, Asikli, Catal Hoyuk, and others. If, as the scientific editor, Mehmet Özdoğan, rightly emphasizes in his concluding remarks, much remains to be done, this work surely shows how much has been accomplished during the past two decades. Henry T. Wright III National Geographic Society Committee For Research and Exploration.