The leopard's tale : revealing the mysteries of Çatalhöyük
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The leopard's tale : revealing the mysteries of Çatalhöyük
Thames & Hudson, c2006
- : hbk
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"with 137 illustrations, 24 in color"
Errata slip inserted
Bibliography: p. 270-279
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a brilliantly argued, first-hand account of the author's major discoveries at the renowned archaeological site Catalhoyuk in Turkey, described by Professor Colin Renfrew as one of the most ambitious excavation projects currently in progress. This tour de force of archaeological writing 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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