Çatalhöyük : the leopard's tale : revealing the mysteries of Turkey's ancient 'town'
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Çatalhöyük : the leopard's tale : revealing the mysteries of Turkey's ancient 'town'
Thames & Hudson, 2011, c2006
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Çatalhöyük : the leopard's tale : revealing the mysteries of Turkey's ancient "town"
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  Shimane
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  Tokushima
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
"First paperback edition 2011"--T.p.verso
"with 137 illustrations, 24 in colour"
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This brilliantly argued, first-hand account of the author's major discoveries at the renowned archaeological site Catalhoeyu k in Turkey, described by Professor Colin Renfrew as `one of the most ambitious excavation projects currently in progress', is now available in paperback. A tour de force of archaeological writing, it offers many insights into past lives and momentous events, and is superbly illustrated with images of the art, the artifacts and the excavations at this world-famous dig. It will be a must-read for archaeologists and historians everywhere.
Table of Contents
1. A Journey Back Through Time, and Some Fellow Travellers 2. The Leopard's Puzzle 3. A Mysterious Attraction 4. The `Town' 5. The House 6. The Invention of `History' 7. Revelation, Exchange and Production 8. Materiality, `Art' and Agency 9. Women and Men, the Old and the Young 10. Selfhood and Individuality 11. Changing Material Entanglements, and the `Origins of Agriculture' Epilogue: `We have found a leopard bone'
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