Protecting ï¿½atalhï¿½yï¿½k Memoir of an Archaeological Site Guard

Name: Protecting ï¿½atalhï¿½yï¿½k Memoir of an Archaeological Site Guard
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ISBN: 9781598740509

ISBN-10: 1598740504

ISBN-13: 9781598740509

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sadrettin Dural, Ian Hodder, Duygu Camurcuoglu Cleere

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They are essential to every major archaeological excavation but rarely acknowledged by the visiting researchers once the artifacts have been shipped. As part of the innovative, multivocal output from the famous Turkish Neolithic site of atalhyk, we hear from one of the site guards, Sadrettin Dural, who tells the story of the excavation from the point of view of the _Other._ He offers tales of the strange habits of archaeologists, describes the local in-fighting that scholars never see, and explains how scientists can be protected from the Yatirs, spirits of the dead who guard the mound. Ian Hodder, director of the atalhyk project, provides explanatory notes for the reader and an interview…

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List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Ian Hodder is Dunlevie Family Professor in the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University. He has been Director of the Catalhoyuk Research Project since 1993.



Foreword



Introduction


Begining my new job at ï¿½atalhoynk


Excavations begin - The team settles in


My routine as a guard


Loneliness and friendship amongst the ancient mounds of the Konya plain


I build the ï¿½atalhoynk cafe


Dealing with more visitors and foreigners


Some less happy memories


The past and the present


Dealing with each other


Doing the right thing


More about ï¿½atalhoynk


Some erotic moments


Financial dealings


More visitors to ï¿½atalhoynk and some difficult moments


They stroke the soil with love


Things start to go wrong


The situation worsens


Reaching the end


Appendix: My tour of ï¿½atalhoynk


Afterword: Dialogue between Sadrettin Dural and Ian Hodder