Çatalhöyük: A Select Further Reading List

This is a short and selective list covering the main publications related to Çatalhöyük, if you have any suggestions for other works that should be included please contact the office in Cambridge 

The list has been divided into three major areas: 

Last updated: January 4, 2008

 

The 1960's excavations

The 1960's excavations were published as a series of interim reports in the journal Anatolian Studies: 

Mellaart, J. (1962) Excavations at Çatal Hüyük, first preliminary report, 1961. Anatolian Studies 12, 41-65. 

Mellaart, J. (1963) Excavations at Çatal Hüyük, second preliminary report, 1962. Anatolian Studies 13, 43-103 

Mellaart, J. (1964) Excavations at Çatal Hüyük, third preliminary report, 1963. Anatolian Studies 14, 39-119. 

Mellaart, J. (1966) Excavations at Çatal Hüyük, fourth preliminary report, 1965. Anatolian Studies 16, 15-191.

James Mellart also published a general book on the site: 

Mellaart, J. (1967) Çatal Hüyük: A Neolithic Town in Anatolia. Thames and Hudson: London.

The season on the west mound was reported in: 

Mellaart, J. (1965) Çatal Hüyük West. Anatolian Studies 15, 135-56.
Mellaart also wrote about the site in: 

Mellaart, J. (1962) The beginnings of Mural Painting Archaeology 15(1), 2-12.

Mellaart, J. (1963) Deities and Shrines of Neolithic Anatolia. Excavations at Çatal Hüyük 1962 Archaeology 16(1), 29-38.

Mellaart, J. (1964) A Neolithic City in Turkey Scientific American April 1964, 94-104.

Mellaart, J. (1965) Earliest Civilisations of The Near East. Thames and Hudson, London. pp.81-101.

Mellaart, J. (1965) Çatal Hüyük a Neolithic City in Anatolia. Proceedings of the British Academy 51, 201-13.

Mellaart, J, (1966)  Excavations at Çatal Hüyük 1965, Archaölogisher Anzeiger, 1–15.

Mellaart, J. (1975) The Neolithic of the Near East. Thames and Hudson. London. Pp 98-111.

Mellaart, J, 1998 Çatal Hüyük: the 1960’s seasons, in Ancient Anatolia: fifty years work by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (ed R Matthews), 35–41 (London: British Institute at Ankara).

Some separate specialist reports were also published: 

Angel, L. (1971) Early neolithic skeletons from Çatal Hüyük: demography and pathology. Anatolian Studies 21, 77-98. 

Bialor, P. (1962) The chipped stone industry of Çatal Hüyük. Anatolian Studies 12, 67-110. 

Burnham, H. B. (1965) Çatal Hüyük - the textiles and twine fabrics. Anatolian Studies 15, 169-74. 

Helbaek, H. (1963) Textiles from Çatal Hüyük. Archaeology 16(1), 39-46 

Helbaek, H. (1964) First impressions of the Çatal Hüyük plant husbandry, Anatolian Studies 14, 121-3. 

Perkins, D. (1969) Fauna of Çatal Hüyük: evidence for early cattle domestication in Anatolia, Science 164, 177-79. 

Ralph, E K, Michael, H N, and Gruninger, J Jr, (1965)  University of Pennsylvania dates VII, Radicarbon, 7, 179–86.

Ralph, E K, and Michael, H N, (1969)  University of Pennsylvania Radiocarbon Dates XII, Radiocarbon, 11, 469–81.

Ryder, M. L. (1965) Report of textiles from Çatal Hüyük. Anatolian Studies 15, 175-6. 

Stuckenrath, R Jr, and Lawn, B, 1969 University of Pennsylvania radiocarbon dates XI, Radiocarbon, 11(1), 150–62.

Stuckenrath, R Jr, and Ralph, E K, 1965 University of Pennsylvania radiocarbon dates VIII, Radiocarbon, 7, 187–99.

 

 

Between the 1970's and 1990's

A great deal has been published on Çatalhöyük material:  

Barstow, A. (1978) "The Uses of Archaeology for Women's History: James Mellaart's Work on the Neolithic Goddess at Çatal Hüyük". Feminist Studies 4(3), pp. 7-17.

Bartel, B. (1972) The Characteristics of the Çatal Hüyük Supra-Community, Paper given at the 73rd general meeting of the AIA. American Journal of Archaeology 76, pp. 204-05.

Collon, D. (1990) Subjective Reconstruction? The Çatal Hüyük Wall-Paintings. Hali 53, pp. 119-123.

De Contenson, H, 1968 Review of J Mellaart, Çatal Hüyük, A Neolithic town in Anatolia, Antiquity, 42, 72–4.

De Jesus, P.S. (1985) Notes on the symbolism in Çatal Hüyük wall paintings. In J L Huot M Yon and T Cavlet (eds) De l'Indus aux balkans: recueil a la memoire de Jean Deshayes. Paris 127-45.

Ducos, P. (1988) Archeozoologie quantitative: les valeurs numeriques immediates a Çatal Hüyük. Cahiers du Quaternaire 12

Edens, C. (1995) Çatal Hüyük. In P. G. Bahn (ed) 100 Great Archaeological Discoveries. Barnes & Noble Books, New York. pp. 68-69. 

Eiland III, M. L. (1993) The past re-made: The case of oriental carpets. Antiquity 67, 859-863. 

Ferembach, D. (1972) Les hommes du gisement neolithique de Çatal Hüyük, in VII Turk Tarih Kongresi (1970), Ankara, pp 15-21. 

Ferembach, D. (1982) Mesures et indices des squelettes humains neolithiques de Çatal Hüyük.(Turquie). CNRS, Paris. 

Forest, J.D. (1993) Çatal Hüyük et son décor: pour le dechiffrement d'un code symbolique. Anatolia Antiqua 2, 1-14

French, D. (1970) Notes on site distribution in the Çumra area. Anatolian Studies 20, 139-48. 

Gimbutas, M. (1990) Wall Paintings of Çatal Hüyük, 8th-7th Millenia B.C. The Review of Archaeology 11/2, pp. 1-5

Hays, K. A. (1993) When is a symbol archaeologically meaningful? Meaning, function, and prehistoric visual arts. In N. Yoffee and A. Sherratt (eds) Archaeological Theory: Who Sets the Agenda?. New Directions in Archaeology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 81-92 

Heinrich, E. & Seidl, U. (1969) Zur Siedlungsform von Çatal Hüyük. Archaeologischer Anzeiger 84/2, 113-19.

Heskel, D. L. (1983) A model for the adoption of metallurgy in the ancient Middle East. Current Anthropology 24(3), 362-365. 

Hodder, I. (1987) Contextual archaeology: An interpretation of Catal Hüyük and a discussion of the origins of agriculture. Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology (London) 24, 43-56. 

Johnson, G. (1982) Organizational structure and scalar stress. In C. Renfrew, M. Rowlands and B. Segraves (eds)  Theory and Explanation in Archaeology: The Southampton Conference. Academic Press, New York. pp. 389-421. 

MacQueen, J.G. (1978) Secondary burial at Çatal Hüyük. NUMEN - International Review for the History of Religions 25/3, 226-39.

Mallett, M. (1990) A Weaver's View of the Çatal Hüyük Controversy. Oriental Rug Review 10/6, pp. 32-43.

Mallett, M. (1993) The Godess in Anatolia: An Updated View of the Çatal Hüyük Controversy, Oriental Rug Review 13/2.

Maréchal, A. (1985) The Riddle of Çatal Hüyük Hali 26, pp. 6-11

Mellaart, J. (1976[1964]) A Neolithic city in Turkey. In B. Fagan (ed) Avenues to Antiquity: Readings from Scientific American. W. H. Freeman, San Francisco. pp.141-150. 

Mellaart, J. (1979) Early Urban Communities in the Near East c.9000 - 3400 BC. In P.R.S. Moorey (ed) The Origins of Civilisation. Wolfson College lectures 1978. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 22-33.

Mellaart, J. (1984), "Animals in the Neolithic Art of Çatal Hüyük and Hacilar and their Religious Significance". In Philippe Borgeaud, Yves Christie and Ivanka Urio, eds., L'animal, l'homme, le dieu dans le Proche-Orient ancien. Actes du Colloque de Cartigny 1981 (Les Cahiers du CEPOA, 2), Leuven: Peeters. pp. 39-46.

Mellaart, J. (1984) "Some notes on the prehistory of Anatolian Kilims" in B. Frauenknecht, Early Turkish Tapestries, Nürnberg, pp. 25-41.

Mellaart, J. (1989) "Neolithic Chronology at Çatal Hüyük?". In Kutlu Emre, Barthel Hrouda, Machteld Mellink and Nimet Özgüç, eds., Anatolia and the Ancient Near East. Studies in Honor of Tahsin Özgüç, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi. pp. 315-318.

Mellaart, J. (1990) "The Earliest Representations of the Goddess of Anatolia and Her Entourage," in J. Rageth (ed.), Anatolische kelims; Symposium Basel, Die Vorträge. Basel. pp. 27-46

Mellaart, J. (1991) James Mellaart Answers His Critics Hali 55, pp. 86-87.

Mellaart, J., B. Balpinar & U. Hirsch, (1989) The Goddess from Anatolia, Milan. Four volumes.

Omura, M. (1984) A reinterpretation of the figurines of Çatal Hüyük.Orient 20, 129-150. 

Rice, M. (1997) The Power of the Bull. Routledge, London. 

Roberts, N. (1982) A note on the geomorphological environment of Çatal Hüyük, Turkey, Journal of Archaeological Science 9, 341-8. 

Roberts, N. (1991) Late Quaternary geomorphological change and the origins of agriculture in south central Turkey. Geoarchaeology 6, 1-26. 

Singh, P. (1974) Neolithic Cultures of Western Asia. Seminar Press. London. Pp 85-105.

Todd, I. (1976) Çatal Hüyük in Perspective. Cummings, New York. 

Urbin Choffray, T. (1987) "Triade divine: prémisses à Çatal Hüyük au VIIe millénaire?," Hethitica 7, 255-266.

Vogelsang-Eastwood, G.M. (1988) A re-examination of the fibres from the Çatal Hüyük textiles. Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies 3/1, 15-19.

Voight, M. (1991) The Goddess From Anatolia: An Archaeological Perspective. Oriental Rug Review 11/2, 32-39

Wason, P. K. (1994)  The Archaeology of Rank. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 

 

 

The 1990's Excavations

The overall aim is to provide volumes every three years which cover aspects of fieldwork conducted by the project. Other volumes devoted to specific parts of the project will be published in the same series from time to time. The first volume, entitled On the surface, deals with the surface work at the site between 1993 and 1995, with the museum work on the 1960s collections, and with other aspects of the project (eg preliminary reports on the geomorphology and regional survey). This volume was published jointly by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara and the McDonald Institute. The second volume is devoted to the methodology of the project and is now with the publisher. 

Hodder, I (ed) (1996) On the Surface Çatalhöyük 1993-95  [McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research / British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph No.22]
Hodder, I (ed) (2000) Towards Reflexive Method in Archaeology: The Example at Çatalhöyük [McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research / British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph No.28]
Annual fieldwork archive reports are produced by the projects participants for the Turkish Ministry of Culture, the Archive reports from 1993 onwards are accessible at this website. A newsletter for the Friends of Çatalhöyük called Çatal News is produced annually, all issues are also accessible as part of this website. 

Short annual reports are published in Anatolian Archaeology: 

Hodder, I. (1996) Çatalhöyük, Anatolian Archaeology 2, 6-7.

Hodder, I. (1997) Çatalhöyük, Anatolian Archaeology 3, 4-5.

Hodder, I. (1998) Çatalhöyük, Anatolian Archaeology 4, 8-10.

Hodder, I. (1999) Getting to the bottom of things: Çatalhöyük 1999 Anatolian Archaeology 5, 4-7.

Aspects of the methodology of the excavations have been published in: 

Chadwick, A. (1998) Archaeology at the Edge of Chaos: Further Towards Reflexive Excavation Methodologies. Assemblage 3 [online], Available at http://www.shef.ac.uk/~assem/3/3chad.htm 

Hassan, F. (1997) Beyond the surface: comments on Hodder's 'reflexive excavation methodology', Antiquity 71, 1020-25.

Hodder, I. (1997) 'Always momentary, fluid and flexible': towards a reflexive excavation methodology. Antiquity 71, 691-700.

Hodder, I. (1998) Whose rationality? A response to F. Hassan, Antiquity 72, 21-27.

Hodder, I. (1998) The past as passion and play: Çatalhöyük as a site of conflict in the construction of multiple pasts, in Archaeology Under Fire: nationalism, politics and heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, ed. L. Meskell. London: Routledge, 124-39.

Hodder, I. (1999) The Archaeological Process : An Introduction. Blackwell Books.

Hodder, I. (1999) Archaeology and global information systems. Internet Archaeology 6 (http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue6/hodder_index.html) 

Publications by the Çatalhöyük team of specialists, and about the site, covering all aspects of renewed work at the site: 

Andrews, P, and Bello, S, 2006 Pattern in human burial practice, in Social archaeology and funerary remains (eds R Gowland and C Knüsel), 14–29, Oxford (Oxbow).

Asouti, E. and J.Hather (2001) Charcoal analysis and the reconstruction of ancient woodland vegetation in the Konya Basin, south-central Anatolia, Turkey: results from the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük East. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 10, 23-32.

Asouti, E. & Fairbairn A., 2002, "Subsistence economy in Central Anatolia during the Neolithic - the archaeobotanical evidence". In F. Gerard and L. Thissen (eds), The Neolithic of Central Anatolia, internal developments and external relations during the 9th-6th millennia cal BC, being the proceedings of the International CANeW Table ronde held in Istanbul on 23-24 November 2001. Ege Yanlari, 181 - 192.

Asouti, E. and P. Austin (2005) Reconstructing woodland vegetation and its exploitation by past societies, based on the analysis and interpretation of archaeological wood charcoal macro-remains. Environmental Archaeology 10, 1-18.

Asouti, E, and Fairbairn, A, forthcoming Animal dung versus firewood: a history of fuel exploitation at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük.

Baird, D. (1996) Konya Plain. Anatolian Archaeology 2, 12.

Baird, D. (1997) Konya Plain. Anatolian Archaeology 3, 12-13.

Baird, D. (1998) Konya Plain. Anatolian Archaeology 4, 16.

Baird, D. (1999) Konya Plain Survey, Central Anatolia. Anatolian Archaeology 5, 13-14.

Balter, M. (1998) Why settle down? The mystery of communities. Science 282, No. 5393, pp 1442-1445.

Balter, M. (1999) A Long Season Puts Çatalhöyük in Context. Science 286, No 5441, pp 890-891.

Balter, M. (2001) Did Plaster Hold Neolithic Society Together? Science 14, No 294, pp 2278-2281.

Balter, M. (2005) The Goddess and the Bull: Catalhoyuk: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization, Free Press. http://www.michaelbalter.com

Bartu Candan, A, 2007 Remembering a nine-thousand-year-old site: presenting Çatalhöyük, in The politics of public memory in Turkey (ed E Özyürek), 70–94, New York (Syracuse Univ Press).

Becks, R, and Jacobs, T, 1996 Çatal Hüyük, Zur Rekonstruktion von Prestige innerhalb räumlicher Strukturen, in Prestige, Prestigegüter, Sozialstrukturen, Beispiele aus dem europäischen und vorderasiatischen Neolithikum (eds J Müller and R Bernbeck), Archäologische Berichte, 6, 57–80, Bonn [ISBN 3-86097-140-9].

Boivin, N. (2000) Life rhythms and floor sequences: excavating time in rural Rajasthan and Neolithic Çatalhöyük. World Archaeology 31.3, pp 367-88.

Boyer, P., Roberts, N. and Merrick, J. (in press) KOPAL excavations at Çatalhöyük 1996-2000. In: I.Hodder (ed.) Excavations at Çatalhöyük 1996-2000. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research / British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph.

Boyer, P., Roberts, N.and Baird, D. (in press) Holocene environment and settlement on the Çarşamba alluvial fan, South Central Turkey: Integrating Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Field Survey. Geoarchaeology.

Carter, T., C.Bressy and G.Poupeau, (2001) 'People and place': New information on technical change at Çatalhöyük (abstract), American Journal of Archaeology 105(2): 280.

Carter, T., Poupeau, G., Bressy, C. and Pearce, N.J.G.(2006), ‘A new programme of obsidian characterization at Çatalhöyük, Turkey’, Journal of Archaeological Science 33(7): 893-909.

Carter, T, and Shackley, M S, 2007 Sourcing obsidian from Neolithic Çatalhöyük (Turkey), Archaeometry, 49, 437–54.

Cessford, C. (2001) A New Dating Sequence for Çatalhöyük. Antiquity 75, 717-25.

Cessford, C. 2002. Bayesian statistics and the dating of Çatalhöyük East. In Gérard, F. and Thissen, L. 2002. The Neolithic of Central Anatolia. Internal developments and external relations during the 9th-6th millennia CAL BC. Istanbul: Eye Yayinlari, 27-31.

Cessford, C. (2003) Microartefactual floor patterning: the case at Çatalhöyük, Assemblage 7, http://www.shef.ac.uk/assem/issue7/cessford.html

Cessford, C. and Carter, T. (2005), Quantifying the consumption of obsidian
at Çatalhöyük. Journal of Field Archaeology 30(3): 305-15.

Conolly, J. (1999) Technical strategies and technical change at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Antiquity 73, 791-800.

Conolly, J. (1999) The Çatalhöyük Flint and Obsidian Industry: Technology and Typology in Context. Oxford: BAR International Series 787.

Conolly, J, 2003  The Çatalhöyük obsidian hoards: a contextual analysis of technology, in Lithic studies for the new millennium (eds N Moloney and M Shott), London, 55–78, (Institute of Archaeology/Archtype Books).

Düring, B.S., 2001. Social dimensions in the architecture of Neolithic Çatalhöyük. Anatolian Studies 51, 1-18.

Düring, B. S., 2002. Cultural dynamics of the Central Anatolian Neolithic;
The Early Ceramic Neolithic - Late Ceramic Neolithic transition. The Neolithic of Central Anatolia, Internal developments and external relations during the 9th - 6th millennia cal. BC. Proceedings of the international CANeW Table Ronde, Istanbul, 23-24 november, 2001. F. Gerard, and Thissen, L. (eds). Istanbul, Ege Yay[i]nlar[i], 219-236.

During, B. S., 2003. "Burials in context, The 1960s inhumations of
Çatalhöyük East." Anatolian Studies 53, 1-15.

Eastwood, W.J., Roberts, N. and Boyer, P. (in press) Pollen analysis at Çatalhöyük. In: I.Hodder (ed.) Excavations at Çatalhöyük 1996-2000. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research / British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph.

Edwards, Ceiridwen J. et al., 2004. Ancient DNA analysis of 101 cattle remains: Limits and prospects. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(6), 695-710.

Emele, M. (1995) CHAMP - The Çatal Höyük archaeology and media project. Mediagramm 22- Zeitung des Zentrums fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Dezember 1995.

Emele, M. (1997) Archaeologische Simulation zwischen linearen Medien und virtuellem Museum. in K. Hoffmann (ed) Trau-Schau-Wem. Digitalisierung und dokumentarische Form. Konstanz, pp. 189-198.

Emele, M. (1997) Çatal Höyük - Computeranimation. In Hardware Software Artware - Die Konvergenz von Kunst und Technologie. Kunstpraktiken am ZKM Institut fuer Bildmedien/Institute for Visual Media 1992-1997. Stuttgart. pp 158-163.

Emele, M. (1997) Das Multimedia-Projekt Çatal Höyük. in 5 Jahre Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe. pp 120-121.

Emele, M. (1998) The attack of computer generated worlds on the rest of the time or Problems and Opportunities for Documentary Filmmaking in Virtual Reality; in T. Ellsaesser & K. Hoffmann (eds) Cain, Able and Cable. Amsterdam University Press. 

Fairbairn, A., 2002, "An archaeology of archaeobotany: re-investigating the Mellaart seed archive from Çatalhöyük." Anatolian Archaeology 8, 16-17.

Fairbairn, A., Asouti, E. Near, J. and Martinoli, D. 2002. "Macro-botanical evidence for plant use at Neolithic Çatalhöyük south-central Anatolia, Turkey." Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 11, 41-54.

Fairbairn, A., Martinoli D., Butler, A. and Hillman, G. 2007. Wild plant seed storage at Neolithic Catalhoyuk East, Turkey. Veget. Hist. Archaeobot. 16, 467-79.

Forest, J, 1994 Towards an interpretation of the Çatal Höyük reliefs and paintings. 1993 Yılı Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi Konferensları, 118–36, Ankara (Museum of Anatolian Civilisations).

Gibson, C, Last, J, Raszick, T, and Frame, S, 2002 Çatalhöyük West Mound study season, Anatolian Archaeol, 8, 7–9.

Gibson, C D, and Last, J, 2000  Early Chalcolithic and Byzantine remains at Çatalhöyük West, Anatolian Archaeol, 7, 4–6.

Göktürk, E.H. Hillegonds, D.J. Lipschutz, M.E. and Hodder, I. 2002. Accelerator mass spectrometry dating at Çatalhöyük, Radiochimica Acta 90, 407-10.

Hodder, I, 1995 Excavations at Çatalhöyük, Anatolian Archaeol, 1, 3–5.

Hodder, I, 1996 Çatalhöyük: 9000 year old housing and settlement in central Anatolia, in Housing and Settlement in Anatolia, an historical perspective (ed Y Sey), 43–8, Istanbul.

Hodder, I, 1998 Çatalhöyük, Turkey: a summary of some recent results, Documenta Praehistorica, 25, 71–80.

Hodder, I, and Matthews, R J, 1998  Çatalhöyük: the 1990s seasons, in Ancient Anatolia: Fifty Years’ work by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (ed R J Matthews), London (British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara), 43–52.

Hodder, I. (1999) Archaeology and global information systems. Internet Archaeology 6 (http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue6/hodder_index.html) 

Hodder, I. (1999) Renewed Work at Çatalhöyük. in Özdogan, M., and Basgelen, N., (ed’s). 1999. Neolithic in Turkey: the Cradle of Civilization. Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayinlari. Vol 1 157-64 and Vol 2 129-35.

Hodder, I. (1999) Representations of Representations of Representations. TenDenZen 99, Jahrbuch VII, Übersee-Museum Bremen 1999, 55-62.

Hodder, I. (1999) Symbolism at Çatalhöyük. in J. Coles, R. Benley & P. Mellars (eds) World Prehistory. Studies in Memory of Grahame Clark. Proceedings of the British Academy 99. Oxford University Press. 

Hodder, I., 2000. Agency and individuals in long-term processes. in Agency in Archaeology, eds. M-A. Dobres, M.-A. & J.E. Robb. Routledge: London. 21-33.

Hodder, I, 2000 Çatalhöyük 2000, Anatolian Archaeol, 6, 5–7.

Hodder, I, 2001 Çatalhöyük, Anatolian Archaeol, 7, 2–4.

Hodder, I, 2002 Çatalhöyük, Anatolian Archaeol, 8, 5–7.

Hodder, I, 2002 Ethics and archaeology: the attempt at Çatalhöyük, Near Eastern Archaeol, 65, 174–82.

Hodder, I, 2004  Women and men at Çatalhöyük, Scientific American, 290, 66–73.

Hodder, I, 2004 A season of great finds and new faces at Çatalhöyük, Anatolian Archaeol, 10, 8–10.

Hodder, I. and Cessford, C. 2004. Daily practice and social memory at
Çatalhöyük, American Antiquity 69.1, 17-40.

Hodder, I, 2006 Çatalhöyük: the Leopard’s Tale, revealing the mysteries of Turkey’s ancient ‘town’, London (Thames and Hudson).

Hodder, I. 2006 The spectacle of daily performance at Çatalhöyük. In T. Inomata and L. S. Coben (eds) Archaeology of performance. Theaters of power, community, and politics. Altamira, Lanham. Pp 81-102.

Hodder, I. 2007 Excavating Çatalhöyük: South, North and KOPAL Area reports from the 1995-99 seasons. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research / British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph.

Hodder, I. 2007 Çatalhöyük. In C. Lichter (ed) Die ältesten Monumente der Menschheit. Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. Pp 124-5.

Hodder, I. 2007 Çatalhöyük in the context of the Middle Eastern Neolithic. Annual Review of Anthropology 36, 105-120.

Klotz, H. (1997) Die Entdeckung von Çatal Höyük. München. 

Koutsadelis, C. 2007. Mortuary Practices in the Process of Levantine Neolithisation, BAR International Series 1685. Oxford: BAR.

Kunzig, R. (1999) A Tale of Two Archeologists. DISCOVER Magazine 20(5) MAY 1999

Last, J. (1998) A design for life. Interpreting the art of Çatalhöyük. Journal of Material Culture 3.3., 355-78.

Leng, M.J., Roberts, N., Reed, J.M. and Sloane, H.J. (1999) Late Quaternary palaeohydrology of the Konya Basin, Turkey based on isotope studies of modern hydrology and lacustrine carbonates. Journal of Paleolimnology 22, 187-204.

Lucas, G.M.L., 2001. Critical approaches to fieldwork: contemporary and historical archaeological practise. London: Routledge.

Martin, L., Russell, N. and Carruthers, D. 2002. Animal remains from the central Anatolian Neolithic. In The Neolithic of Central Anatolia: Internal Developments and External Relations during the 9th-6th Millennia cal BC. Gérard, F. and Thissen, L. eds. Istanbul: Ege Yayınları. 193-206.

Martin, L, and Russell, N, 2006  The equid remains from Neolithic Çatalhöyük, central Anatolia: a preliminary report, in Horses and Humans: the evolution of human-equine relationships (eds S L Olsen, S Grant, A M Choyke, and L Bartosiewicz), BAR Int Ser, 1560, 115–26, Oxford (Archaeopress).

Matthews, R J, 1997 Re-opening Çatalhöyük, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi 1996 Konferensları, 102–14.

Matthews, W., C.A.I. French, T.Lawrence, D.F Cutler and M.K. Jones (1997) Microstratigraphic traces of site formation processes and human activities. World Archaeology 29.2: 281-308. 

Meskell, L. M. 1998. Oh my goddess! Archaeology, sexuality and ecofeminism, Archaeological Dialogues 5/2:
126-42.

Meskell, L. M. 1998. Twin Peaks: the archaeologies of Çatalhöyük, in C. Morris & L. Goodison (eds) Ancient Goddesses: Myths and Evidence, British Museum Press: London: 46-62

Meskell, L. M. 1999. Feminism, pluralism, paganism, in A. Gazin-Schwartz & C. Holtorf (eds) Archaeology and Folklore, Routledge: London, pp 83 - 89.

Meskell, L. M. 2007. Refiguring the Corpus at Çatalhöyük, in Renfrew, C. and Morley, I. Material Beginnings: A Global Prehistory of Figurative Representation. McDonald Institute Monographs, Cambridge.

Molleson, T, Boz, B, Nudd, K, and Alpagut, B, 1996 Dietary indications in the dentitions from Çatal Hüyük, in T C Kültür Bakanlığı Anlıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü 11 Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı, 141–50, Ankara.

Molleson, T., Ottevanger, J. and Compton, T. (2004) Vatiation in Neolithic teeth from Çatalhöyük (1961-1964). Anatolian Studies 54: 1-26.

Newton, M W, 1996 unpubl Dendrochronology at Çatal Hüyük: a 576 tree-ring chronology for the early Neolithic of Anatolia, unpubl Masters thesis, Cornell University.

Newton, M W, and Kuniholm, P I, 1999  Wiggles worth watching – marking radiocarbon work. The case of Çatal Höyük, in Meletemata: studies in Aegean archaeology presented to Malcolm H Weiner as he enters his 65th year (eds P P Betancourt, V Karageorghis, Laffineur, R, and Niemeier, W-D), Aegaeum, 20, 527–37 (Liège (Université de Liège).

Pearson, J., Buitenhuis, H., Hedges, Martin, L., Russel, N., Twiss, K.C. 2007 New light on early caprine herding strategies from isotope analysis: a case study from Neolithic Anatolia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 34, 2170-2179.

Pirsig, W., and Önerci, M., 2000. A newborn's nose from the 6th millennium BC in Çatal Hüyük. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 52(1), 105-107.

Poupeau, G., Delerue, S. Carter, T., de B. Pereira, C.E., Miekeley, N. and Bellot-Gurlet, L. (2005) How homogeneous is the "East Göllü Dağ" (Cappadocia Turkey) obsidian 'source' composition? International Association of Obsidian Studies Bulletin 32: 3-8.

Reed, J.M., Roberts, N. and Leng, M.J. 1999 An evaluation of the diatom response to Late Quaternary environmental change in two lakes in the Konya Basin, Turkey, by comparison with stable isotope data. Quaternary Science Reviews, 18, 631-646.

Richards, M.P., Pearson, J.A., Molleson, T.I., Russell, N. and Martin, L. 2003. Stable isotope evidence of diet at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science 30(1), 67-76.

Roberts, N., Boyer, P. and Parish, R. (1996) 'Preliminary results of geoarchaeological investigations at Çatalhöyük'. In I.Hodder (ed.) On the surface: Çatalhöyük 1993-95 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research / British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph no.22, pp.19-40.

Roberts, N, 1997 Konya Basin Palaeoenvironmental Research (KOPAL) Programme, 1994–1996, in T C Kültür Bakanlığı Anlıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü 12 Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı, 93–113, Ankara.

Roberts, N., S.Black, P.Boyer, W.J.Eastwood, H.I.Griffiths, H.F.Lamb, M.J.Leng, R.Parish, J.M.Reed, D.Twigg, H.Yiğitbaşioğlu (1999) Chronology and stratigraphy of Late Quatenary sediments in the Konya Basin, Turkey: Results from the KOPAL Project. Quatenary Science Reviews 18, 611-630.

Roberts, N., Reed, J., Leng, M.J., Kuzucuoğlu, C., Fontugne, M., Bertaux, J., Woldring, H., Bottema, S., Black, S., Hunt, E. and Karabıyıkoğlu, M. (2001) The tempo of Holocene climatic change in the eastern Mediterranean region: new high-resolution crater-lake sediment data from central Turkey. The Holocene, 11, 719-734.

Roberts, N. (2002) Did prehistoric landscape management retard the post-glacial spread of woodland in Southwest Asia? Antiquity 76, 1002-10.

Roberts, N. (2004) Gardeners’ World? The cultural landscape of the first farmers in the Near East. In: Baker, A. (ed.) Home and Colonial. Essays on landscape, Ireland, environment and empire in celebration of Robin Butlin’s contribution to Historical Geography. A.R.H. Baker (ed.) Historical Geography Research Series 39, pp.19-28.

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Russell, N., and L. Martin (2000). Neolithic Çatalhöyük: Preliminary zooarchaeological results from the renewed excavations. In M. Mashkour, H. Buitenhuis and F. Poplin, eds. Archaeozoology of the Near East IV: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Archaeozoology of Southwestern Asia and Adjacent Areas. Groningen: ARC Publicatie 32. pp. 164-170.

Russell, N., 2001. Neolithic relations of production: Insights from the bone tool industry. In Crafting Bone: Skeletal Technologies through Time and Space. Choyke, A.M. and Bartosiewicz, L. eds. British Archaeological Reports, International Series, No. 937. Oxford: Archaeopress. 271-280.

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Russell, N., and McGowan, K.J., 2003. Dance of the cranes: Crane symbolism at Çatalhöyük and beyond. Antiquity 77(297), 445-455.

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Shankland, D. (1999) Ethno-Archaeology at Küçükköy. Anatolian Archaeology 5, 23-24.

Shankland, D. (1999) Integrating the past: folklore, mounds and people at Çatalhöyük. in Gazin-Schwartz, A. and Holtorf, C. (eds.) Archaeology and Folklore, London: Routledge, 1999, 139-157.

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Stevanovic, M., 2003. Building an experimental house at Çatalhöyük in Metodology. ed esperienze fra verifica, riproduzione, comunicazione e simulazione. P. Bellintani (ed), Trento.

Symmons, R., 2004. Digital photodensitometry: A reliable and accessible method for measuring bone density. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(6), 711-719.

Twiss, K., 2006. A Modified Boar Skull From Çatalhöyük. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 342:1-12.

Twiss, K. C., A. Bogaard, D. Bogdan, T. Carter, M. P. Charles, S. Farid, N. Russell, M. Stevanovi?, E. N. Yalman and L. Yeomans (2008) Arson or Accident? The Burning of a Neolithic House at Çatalhöyük. Journal of Field Archaeology 33(1):41-57.

Ülkekul, C. (1999) 8200 Yıllık Bir Harita - Çatalhöyük Şehir Planı / An 8,200 Year Old Map - The Town Plan Of Çatalhöyük. İstanbul: Dönence.

Vedder, J.F. (2001) GRINDING IT OUT: Making a mirror the old-fashioned way Archaeology April 2001 (on-line).

Voigt, M.M. (2000) Çatal Höyük in Context: Ritual at Early Neolithic Sites in Central and Eastern Turkey. In Kujit, I. (ed) (2000). Life in Neolithic Farming Communities. Social Organisation, Identity, and Differentiation. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. London. pp. 253-293.

Çatal Höyük - als die Menschen begannen, in Städten zu leben. CD-ROM (German/English) about the project and the site published by P.M Magazine in Conjunction with the Hochschule Für Gestaltung Karlsruhe & Universität Karlsruhe.

 

 

Forthcoming

Asouti, E, and Fairbairn, A, forthcoming Animal dung versus firewood: a history of fuel exploitation at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük.

Carter, T, in press (a) New obsidian studies at Çatalhöyük , part 1: the aceramic Neolithic, Paléorient.

Carter, T, in press (b) Of blanks and burials: hoarding obsidian at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, in PPN communities’ technical system diversity: towards social behaviour. Proceedings of the fifth workshop on PPN chipped lithic industries. Fréjus, 2004 (eds L Astruc, D Binder, and F Briois), Éditions APDCA, Antibes.

Fairbairn, A S, Martinoli, D, Butler, A, and Hillman, G, forthcoming Plant use at Neolithic Çatalhöyük East: the Mellaart Archive, BAR Int Ser.

Fairbairn, A S, 2005 A history of agricultural production at Neolithic Çatalhöyük East, Turkey, World Archaeology, 37, 197–210.

 

 


Unpublished Masters & PhD's

Listing of project related unpublished Masters and Ph.D's:

 

Aydınoğluğıl, B., 2002. Reviewing the Sheep Bones from Çatalhöyük in the Light of Information on Middle Anatolian Neolithic Sites and the Ovis orientalis in Konya, Bozdağ. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University College London.

Boyer, P. 1999. A Geoarchaeological Approach to Late Quaternary Environmental Change in South Central Turkey. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Loughborough University, UK.

Symmons, R., 2002. A Re-examination of Sheep Bone Density and Its Role in Assessing Taphonomic Histories of Zooarchaeological Assemblages. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University College London.