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TOWARDS REFLEXIVE METHOD IN ARCHAEOLOGY: THE EXAMPLE OF ÇATALHÖYÜK

Members of the Çatalhöyük teams

The aim of the volume is to discuss some of the reflexive or postprocessual methods that have been introduced at Çatalhöyük in the work there since 1993. These methods involve reflexivity, interactivity, multivocality and contextuality or relationality. The methods themselves are described, as are the difficulties of introducing them. Some of the potentials and drawbacks of these approaches are discussed.

INTRODUCTION

1. Developing a reflexive method in archaeology. Ian Hodder
The development of archaeological methods in a global and diverse context. Outline of the methods used at the site.

THE INTEGRATION OF METHODS

2. The excavation process at Çatalhöyük. Shahina Farid, with contributions from Craig Cessford, Åsa Berggren, Anwen Cooper, Richard Turnbull, Adnan Baysal, Su Leaver, Peter Boyer, Tom Cawdron, Naomi Hamilton, Lucy Hawkes, Mark Knight, Sharon Webb and team members.
The response of the field staff to the methods employed.

3. Integrating archaeological science. Wendy Matthews and Christine Hastorf with Peter Andrews, Theya Molleson and other members of the team
The response of the laboratory staff to working in an integrated way with field staff.

4. Çatalhöyük and the archaeological 'object'. James Conolly
Discussion of the need to define archaeological 'objects' in multiscalar terms.

5. Trashing rubbish. Louise Martin & Nerissa Russell with contributions from Mehmet Altug Uluceviz, Adnan Baysal, Jenny Bredenberg, Craig Cessford, James Conolly, Shahina Farid, Naomi Hamilton, Jonathan Last, Wendy Matthews and Julie Near.
An example of the approach discussed in Chapter 4 and the creation of the 'object' rubbish. The application of a multiscalar and contextualising approach.

6. The conservation of an excavated past. Frank Matero
The results of an attempt to integrate conservation strategies from the beginning of an excavation project.

THE DISPERSION OF 'SITE' AND THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTATION

7. The conceptual archive and the challenge of gender. Naomi Hamilton
Examination of the influence of Mellaart's excavation and interpretations on subsequent discussions of the site, and on the current research programme.

8. Where is Çatalhöyük? Multiple sites in the construction of an archaeological site. Ayfer Bartu
Discussion of the different communities, local, national and international who wish to construct different Çatalhöyüks.

9. Different excavation styles create different windows into Çatalhöyük. Ruth Tringham, Mira Stevanovic
How different academic and practical traditions impact on the excavation of Çatalhöyük.

10. Faultlines: The construction of archaeological knowledge at Çatalhöyük. Carolyn Hamilton
The attempts by a social anthropologist to understand the social production of knowledge at the site.

11. Rendering Realities. Nessa Leibhammer
A discussion of alternative modes of representation of the site's architecture and art.

12. Image and interpretation: the tyranny of representation? John-Gordon Swogger
Proposals for the creation and use of reconstruction drawings at Çatalhöyük and beyond.

13. Refleshing the past. Lucy Hawkes with Theya Molleson
The value of visualising intact bodies to the understanding of mortuary deposits at the site.

14. Villagers and the distant past: three seasons' work at Küçükköy, Çatalhöyük. David Shankland
The results of work by a social anthropologist studying the interaction between the project and local communities.

15. Ethnoarchaeology: studies in local villages aimed at understanding aspects of the Neolithic site. Wendy Matthews, Christine Hastorf, Begumsen Ergenekon with contributins from Aylan Erkal, Nurcan Yalman, Meltem Agcabay, Banu Aydinoglu, Ayfer Bartu, Adnan Baysal, Basak Boz, William Middleton, Julie Near, Arlene Rosen, & Mirjana Stevanovic
Studies in modern local villages aimed at understanding aspects of the Neolithic site.

PRESENTING THE SITES

16. Presenting Çatalhöyük. Orrin Shane and Mine Küçük
The problems of creating an on-site museum and visitor centre in a multivocal environment.

17. Multiple Çatalhöyüks on the World Wide Web. Anja Wolle and Ruth Tringham.
The use of the Internet to facilitate dissemination of data and of non-linear hypermedia in interpretations of the site.

18. Virtual spaces, atomic pig-bones and miscellaneous goddesses. Martin Emmele
Consideration of the perils of over-reliance on virtual reality visualisation at Çatalhöyük.

19. Video-recording as part of the critical archaeological process. Dorothée Brill
Discussion of the experience of making video-recording an integrated part of the recording process and database.

20. Visualizing and vocalizing archaeological archival record: narrative vs. image. Mira Stevanovic
Explores the relationship between text and image through the use of multimedia in constructing the archival record.