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Thousands of years before the pyramids were built in Egypt and the Trojan War was fought, a great civilization arose on the Anatolian plains. 'The Goddess and the Bull' details the dramatic quest by archaeologists to unearth the buried secrets of human cultural evolution at this huge, spectacularly well-preserved 9,500-year-old village in Turkey. Here lie the origins of modern society -- the dawn of art, architecture, religion, family -- even the first tangible evidence of human self-awareness, the world's oldest mirrors. Some archaeologists have claimed that the Mother Goddess was first worshipped at Çatalhyk, which is now a site of pilgrimage for Goddess worshippers from all over the world. The excavations here have yielded the seeds of the Neolithic Revolution, when prehistoric humans first abandoned the hunter-gatherer life they had known for millions of years, invented farming, and began living in houses and communities. Michael Balter, the excavation's official biographer, brings readers behind the scenes, providing the first inside look at the remarkable site and its history of scandal and thrilling scientific discovery. He tells the very human story of two colorful men: British archaeologist James Mellaart, who discovered Çatalhyk in 1958 only to be banned from working at the site forever after a fabulous ancient treasure disappeared without a trace; and Ian Hodder, a pathbreaking archaeological rebel who reinvented the way archaeology is practiced and reopened the excavation after it had lain dormant for three decades. Today Hodder leads an international team of more than one hundred archaeologists who continue to probe the site's secrets. Balter reveals the true story behind modern archaeology -- the thrill of history-making scientific discovery as well as the crushing disappointments, the community and friendship, the love affairs, and the often bitter rivalries between warring camps of archaeologists. Along the way, Balter describes the

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Turkey --- Çatal Mound (Turkey) --- Antiquities. --- Çatal Mound (Turkey). --- Çatal Mound (Turkey) --- Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük Mounds (Turkey) --- Antiquities

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This book tackles the topic of religion, a broad subject exciting renewed interest across the social and historical sciences. The volume is tightly focused on the early farming village of Çatalhöyük, which has generated much interest both within and outside of archaeology, especially for its contributions to the understanding of early religion. The volume discusses contemporary themes such as materiality, animism, object vitality, and material dimensions of spirituality while at the same time exploring broad evolutionary changes in the ways in which religion has influenced society. The volume results from a unique collaboration between an archaeological team and a range of specialists in ritual and religion.

Neolithic period --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Prehistoric religion --- New Stone age --- Stone age --- Çatal Mound (Turkey) --- Turkey --- Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük Mounds (Turkey) --- Antiquities. --- Antiquities

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Flint industry --- -Neolithic period --- -Obsidian --- -Tools, Prehistoric --- -New Stone age --- Stone age --- Nonmetallic minerals industry --- Implements, Prehistoric --- Implements, utensils, etc., Prehistoric --- Prehistoric implements --- Prehistoric tools --- Iceland agate --- Hyalopsite --- Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. --- Catal Mound (Turkey) --- Konya Ili (Turkey) --- -Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük Mounds (Turkey) --- Turkey --- Antiquities --- Neolithic period --- Obsidian --- Tools, Prehistoric --- -Catal Mound (Turkey) --- -Antiquities --- -Implements, Prehistoric --- New Stone age --- Çatal Mound (Turkey) --- Konya İli (Turkey) --- Konya, Turkey (Province) --- Karaman İli (Turkey) --- Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) --- Antiquities.

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This book addresses a paradox concerning the role of clay at Çatalhöyük that arises from conflicting material culture and landscape views of what clay truly afforded this early agricultural community. The highly-developed and artistically rich clay-based material culture points to clay being a major contributor to the site's success. However, the underlying thick, impermeable clay beds are also thought to have impeded the drainage of seasonal floods, periodically isolating the community in extensive wetlands and clearly hostile to early agriculture. A landscape re-appraisal is made based on the recognition that the heavier clay artifacts must have been locally sourced and can therefore be read as direct samples of the local Neolithic landscape. The result is a revised landscape interpretation that no longer conflicts with the observed patterns of clay use or broader subsistence practice at Çatalhöyük. Clay’s role is re-examined in this revised landscape context to demonstrate a fuller and more complex picture than previously thought.

Clay --- Material culture --- Neolithic period --- Landscape archaeology --- Çatal Mound (Turkey) --- Turkey --- Antiquities. --- Landscape archaeology and ecology --- Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük Mounds (Turkey) --- Antiquities --- Aluminum silicates --- Binders (Materials) --- Sediments (Geology) --- Soils --- Archaeology --- Cultural landscapes --- New Stone age --- Stone age

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Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Neolithic period --- New Stone age --- Stone age --- Prehistoric antiquities --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistory --- Prehistoric peoples --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Çatal Mound (Turkey) --- Konya İli (Turkey) --- Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük (Turkey) --- Çatalhöyük Mounds (Turkey) --- Turkey --- Konya, Turkey (Province) --- Karaman İli (Turkey) --- Antiquities. --- Antiquities --- Konya İli (Turkey) --- Çatal Mound (Turkey). --- Fouilles archéologiques --- Néolithique --- Antiquités --- Çatal Höyük (Turquie ; site archéologique)