Goddess and the Bull ï¿½atalhï¿½yï¿½k: an Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization

Name: Goddess and the Bull ï¿½atalhï¿½yï¿½k: an Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization
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ISBN: 9781598740691

ISBN-10: 1598740695

ISBN-13: 9781598740691

Edition: 2006

Authors: Michael Balter, John-Gordon Swogger

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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 atalhoyuk, which is now a site of pilgrimage for Goddess worshippers from all over the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Introduction



"It's Neolithic"



A Prehistoric Art Gallery



The Dorak Affair



Ian Hodder



Return to Catalhoyuk



On the Surface



At the Trowel's Edge



Dear Diary



The Neolithic Revolution



The Domesticated Human



Fault Lines and Homecomings



Burning Down the House



"Always Momentary, Fluid and Flexible"



The Long Season



'Till Death Us Do Part



Taming the Wild



The Goddess and the Bull


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index