Described by Colin Renfrew as "one of the most ambitious excavation projects currently in progress, undertaken at one of the world's great archaeological sites," this has been a truly multidisciplinary undertaking, involving the participation of over one hundred archaeologists, scientists, and specialists. The initial excavation was interrupted in 1965, and answers to the riddles of this Neolithic site remained unresolved until Ian Hodder initiated a new campaign of research in the 1990s. The archaeological finds included the remains of textiles, plants, and animals, and some female terra-cotta figures that suggested the existence of a "mother goddess" cult. Çatalhöyük, in central Turkey, became internationally famous in the 1960s when an ancient town-thought to be the oldest in the world-was discovered there together with wonderful wall paintings and animals, including leopards, sculpted in high relief.
A firsthand account of the discoveries at this seminal ancient site in Turkey, one of the first farming settlements in history.
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