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Description edit
This is the story of the 9500 year-old prehistoric village of Catalhoyuk in south-central Turkey, the largest early farming village ever discovered. Catalhoyuk dates from the very origins of civilization, when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers began cultivating the land and settling into... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ian Hodder: Add a description of this character.
- James Mellaart
- Roger Matthews
- Ruth Tringham
- Louise Martin
- Christine Hastorf
- Rissa
- Mira
- Lewis Binford
- Wendy Matthews
- Shahina
- Lori
- Craig Cessford
- Cauvin
- Eleni
- Naomi Hamilton
- Ayfer
- Arlette
- Anna
- Julie Near
- Mortimer Wheeler
- Gavin
- Kathleen Kenyon
- Ian Todd
- Peter
- Mavili
- Marija Gimbutas
- David Clarke
- Colin Renfrew
- Childe
- Jonathan Last
- Neil Roberts
- Roddy
Setting & Locations edit
- Turkey
- London
- Near Eastern
- Ankara
- Anatolia
- Cambridge
- Southeastern Europe
- Konya Plain
- Berkeley
- Iraq
- Istanbul
- Jericho
- Greece
- England
- Hacilar
- Abu Hureyra
- Opovo
- Yugoslavia
- Selevac
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Baghdad
- Syria
- Africa
- Beycesultan
- Belgrade
- Cyprus
- Can Hasan
- Jarmo
- Edinburgh
- Israel
- Cappadocia
- Asia
- Egypt
- Izmir
- Bulgaria
- Garstang
- Kenya
- Sheffield
- Germany
- Abu Salabikh
- Great Britain
- Virginia
- Jordan
- France
- Palestine
- Gomolava
First Sentence edit
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON of November 10, 1958, a green Land Rover lurched down a narrow dirt road in south central Turkey, about thirty miles southeast of the city of Konya.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Balter (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0743243609
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0743243609
Page Count: 416
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 939.2
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Archaeology
- Books › History › Asia › Turkey
- Books › History › Ancient › Early Civilization
- Books › History › World
- Books › History › Middle East
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