Assembling Çatalhöyük /
edited by Ian Hodder, Arkadiusz Marciniak.
- Leeds, UK : Maney Publishing, c2015.
- xi, 201 p. : illus. (some col) ; 30 cm.
- Themes in Contemporary Archaeology ; Vol. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Arkadiusz Marciniak -- Chapter 1. Assembling Science at Çatalhöyük / Ian Hodder -- Chapter 2. Representing the Archaeological Process at Çatalhöyük in a Living Archive / Claudia Engel and Karl Grossner -- Chapter 3. Networking the Teams and Texts of Archaeological Research at Çatalhöyük / Allison Mickel and Elijah Meeks -- Chapter 4. Interpretation Process at Çatalhöyük using 3D / Maurizio Forte, Nicolo'Dell'Unto, Kristina Jonsson and Nicola Lercari -- Chapter 5. Reading the Bones, Reading the Stones / Joshua W. Sadvari, Christina Tsoraki, Lilian Dogiama and Christopher J. Knüsel -- Chapter 6. Reconciling the Body / Jessica Pearson, Lynn Meskell, Carolyn Nakamura and Clark Spencer Larsen -- Chapter 7. Roles for the Sexes / Sabrina C. Agarwal, Patrick Beauchesne, Bonnie Glencross,...[et al] -- Chapter 8. Laying the Foundations / Tristan Carteri Scott Haddow, Nerissa Russel, Amy Bogaard and Christina Tsoraki -- Chapter 9. The Architecture of Neolithic Çatalhöyük as a Process / Marek Z. Baranski, Aroa Garcia-Suarez, Arkadiusz Klimowicz, Serana Love and Kamilla Pawlowska -- Chapter 10. Up in Flames / James Taylor, Amy Bogaard, Tristian Carter, Michael Charles, Scott Haddow,...[et al] -- Chapter 11. The Nature of Household in the Upper Levels at Çatalhöyük / Arkadiusz Marciniak, Eleni Asouti, Chris Doherty and Elizabeth Henton -- Chapter 12. The People and Their Landscape(s) / Joshua W. Sadvari, Michael Charles, Christopher B. Ruff, Tristian Carter,...[et al] -- Chapter 13. The End of Neolithic Settlement / Serap Özdöl-Kutlu, Tristan Carter, Lech Czerniak and Arkadiusz Marciniak.
Assembling Çatalhöyük, like archaeological remains, can be read in a number of ways. At one level the volume reports on the exciting new discoveries and advances that are being made in the understanding of the 9000 year-old Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük. The site has long been central to debates about early village societies and the formation of ‘mega-sites’ in the Middle East. The current long-term project has made many advances in our understanding of the site that impact our wider understanding of the Neolithic and its spread into Europe from the Middle East. These advances concern use of the environment, climate change, subsistence practices, social and economic organization, the role of religion, ritual and symbolism. At another level, the volume reports on methodological advances that have been made by team members, including the development of reflexive methods, paperless recording on site, the integrated use of 3D visualization, and interactive archives. The long-term nature of the project allows these various innovations to be evaluated and critiqued. In particular, the volume includes analyses of the social networks that underpin the assembling of data, and documents the complex ways in which arguments are built within quickly transforming alliances and allegiances within the team. In particular, the volume explores how close inter-disciplinarity, and the assembling of different forms of data from different sub-disciplines, allow the weaving together of information into robust, distributed arguments.
9781910526002
Antiquities, Prehistoric --Turkey--Çatalhöyük. Neolithic period --Turkey--Çatalhöyük Excavations (Archaeology) --Turkey--Çatalhöyük.