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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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"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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