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ATAL NEWSTHE NEWSLETTER OF THE ATALHYK RESEARCH PROJECT

atal News 16 December 2009

Figurine 18523.X1 was located in house fill in Building 79. It is a freestanding

limestone figure of bearded man, with important parallels from Mellaartsexcavations. Its basic shape is a triangular seated or reclining form that is moderatelycarved or possibly unfinished. Photo Jason Quinlan.

Our newsletters aim to provide a brief outline of each seasons activities at atalhyk. Highlights ofthe seasons excavations and finds are described as well as summaries of research programmes andevents that took place on site. More detailed information is available from our website atwww.catalhoyuk.com under research/archive reports/2009.

The project works in Turkey with a permit provided by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism,and under the auspices of the British Institute at Ankara. The institutional partners of the project are

Seluk University, Stanford University, University College London, Adam Mickiewicz University,Istanbul University.

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2009 SEASON REVIEW Ian Hodder

Upper stories at atalhyk

The aims of the excavation this year were to

uncover some well-preserved burned buildingsin the South Area of the site. We have beenconcentrating our work in this area in order tounderstand the development of the site throughtime. There is some evidence that the whole ofthe site underwent major change in Level VI,half way through the 1400 years of occupation.There is much burning of buildings in Level VI.

There is also the appearance of public open

areas, with public ovens and much digging ofpits to obtain clay, and then re-use of the pits forrubbish. Many of the distinctive characteristicsof atalhyk such as the bullhorns start to dieout after Level VI. There are of course changesthat lead up to Level VI, but the fires at the endof this phase seem to be associated with animportant shift in the pattern of occupation.

General view of the excavations in the South Area at atalhyk. Photo Jason Quinlan.

Some of the buildings burned in Level VI arevery well preserved. The walls of some of thesebuildings have been found standing over 3mhigh. In one of the burned buildings, Building79, we found a beautiful stone figurine of abearded man (see cover photo) as well asanother stone figurine. But it is the architecturalevidence from the burned buildings 79 and 80that is most fascinating. One of the intriguingquestions left by James Mellaart was howpeople moved around on the roofs of houses.

Reconstructions of atalhyk have always

assumed very simple buildings, with flat roofsall joined together so that people could movearound easily over the roof tops. On at least oneoccasion, Mellaart found evidence that did notreally fit this hypothesis. For example, in hisShrine 10 in Level VI, he found a collapsedwall relief that seemed to be a splayed figure(which he interpreted as a goddess but which wenow think was a bear). There was no room for

this collapsed relief on the well-preserved walls

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South Area excavations 2009 in Buildings (from left to right) B.76, B.80, B.79. Looking NE. Photo Jason Quinlan

2009 KAZI SEZONU DEERLENDRLMES-Ian HODDER

atalhykde st Katlar

Bu ylki kazlarn amac Gney Alanndakiyanm binalarn ortaya karlmas idi. Alann

zaman ierisindeki geliimini saptamakamacyla bu alandaki almalarayounlalmtr. Seviye VIda, 1400 yllkyerleim sreci yarlandnda, alann temel birdeiim gsterdiine dair kantlar bulunmutur.Seviye VIdaki binalarn ok daha youn biryangn geirdikleri gzlemlenmitir. Ayrca bualanda, genel kullanma ak alanlarn ortaya

kmas, bu alanlarda bulunan ortak kullanmaak frnlar, kil elde etmek iin alm ukurlarve bu ukurlarn daha sonra p ukuru olarakkullanlmas gibi fenomenler gzlemlenmitir.atalhykde imdiye kadar rastladmz boaboynuzunun dekoratif unsur olarak kullanlmasgelenei gibi birok ayrdedici zellik, SeviyeVIda ortadan kalkmtr. Kukusuz SeviyeVIya geerken bir dizi deiiklikgzlemlenmitir ancak bu seviyenin sonevrelerinde gzlemlediimiz yangn geirmi

tabakalar, yerleim dokusuyla ilgili anadeiimdir. Seviye VIda gzlemlenen yangn

geirmi binalar ok iyi bir ekildekorunmutur. Bu binalarda korunmu olarak

bulunan duvarlarn uzunluklar 3 metreyibulmaktadr. Bu yanm binalardan biri olanBina 79da, tatan yaplm bir figrin ile sakallbir adam olarak betimlenmi olan bir baka tafigrin bulunmutur. Bunun yansra Bina 79 veBina 80deki en etkileyici unsurlar, imdiyekadar rastlamadmz birok farkl mimarizelliktir. James Mellaart tarafndan bize

braklan en ilgi ekici sorulardan biriatalhyk halknn, evlerin atlar arasndanasl hareket ettii sorusu olmutur.atalhykn genel mimarisi her zamanbiribirine bitiik dz atl basit binalar olarakdnlmt. Ancak Mellaart zamannda da,bu hipoteze uymayan durumlara rastlanmt.rnein, Seviye 10daki Tapnak 10 binasndabir kabartma figr bulunmu (o zaman anatanra olarak yorumlanan, bugn bizim ayfigr kabartmas olarak tanmladmz

kabartma) ve iyi korunmu bir bina olarakortaya karlan Tapnak 10 da bu kabartmann

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South Area overall with our newly installed information panel.

Figurine 18545.X1 from Building79 house fill. It is a seated figureon base with small animal head

rotruding between the legs,carved from limestone.Photo Jason Quinlan

Figurine 16225.H1. Small clay face

with traces of red pigment in eyefound in external Space 329. Photo

ason Quinlan.

Figurine 18523.X1limestone figure

of bearded man located in house fill ofB.79. Photo Jason Quinlan.

bina iinde nereden gelebilecei tespitedilememitir. Buna bal olarak Mellaart ozaman duvarlarn ve atnn yksekliinde birart olduunu tahmin etmitir. Bugnegeldiimizde, 2009 kaz sezonunda Bina 79 ve

Bina 80de bulduumuz kantlar nda bugemi problematie yaptmz yorum ise, svakabartmann binalardaki ikinci bir kata aitolabilecei ynndedir. Dolaysyla 2 katl

binalarmz olduunu syleyebiliriz. Bir nckatn olma ihtimali de mevcuttur. Bunusylemek iin erken olabilir ama elimizde iknaedici bir takm kantlar bulunmaktadr. ki (dahammkndr) veya katl olsun, atalhyk

mimarisi dndmzden ok daha karmakbir hale gelmitir.

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During 2009, In partnership with the Global heritage Fund, Turkish Cultural Foundation

supported the use of local labour in finishing the construction of the shelter and in providing

new walkways and visitor interpretation panels in the 4040 shelter and in the existing Southshelter.

2009 Seasons WorkThe 2009 The atalhyk season ran from 10th June to 2nd October. We had again a large team atatalhyk this summer, 160 researchers and students of 15 different nationalities worked at the site,as well as 20 local workforce. We were also joined by 25 visitors throughout the season. As well as theusual Stanford-UK team, and the existing team from Poland (led by Arek Marciniak and Lech

Czerniak), a team of Selcuk University students worked with the project and a new long-term agreementwas signed with Selcuk University. Working on the Chalcolithic levels on the West Mound were twoteams one from SUNY Buffalo and the Free University of Berlin (led by Peter Biehl and EvaRosenstock) and the other from the University of Thrace at Edirne (led by Burin Erdou).

The season was split into a study season from 15th June until the end of July and then followed by theexcavation season for 6 weeks. In the one and a half months before the excavation season, the teamworked on post-excavation analyses in preparation for the publication of four new volumes covering theexcavations from 2000 to 2008.

2009 Sezonu almalar

atalhykde 2009 kaz sezonu 10 Haziran ile 2 Ekim tarihleri arasnda gereklemitir. Bu sezon daatalhykde, 15 farkl lkeden, 160 aratrmac ve renci ile 20 yerel alandan oluan byk birekiple almalarmz tamamladk. Ayn zamanda bu sezon boyunca 25 adet ziyaretimiz oldu. Hersene olduu gibi Stanford, ngiltere ve Polonyadan (Arek Marciniak ve Lech Czerniak bakanlnda)katlan ekiplerimizin yan sra Seluk niversitesinden renciler de sezon almalarnda yer almtr.Ayrca, Seluk niversitesi ile uzun dnemli bir anlama da imzalanmtr. Kalkolitik Bat Hykde iseSUNY Buffalo niversitesinden ve Berlin Free niversitesinden (Peter Biehl ve Eva Rosenstockbakanlnda) bir ekip ile Trakya niversitesinden (Burin Erdou bakanlnda) bir ekip kazlargerekletirmitir.

Sezonun ilk ksm, 15 Haziran ile Temmuz sonu aras alma sezonu olarak belirlenmi olup bunutakiben 6 haftalk bir kaz sezonu ile devam etmitir. alma sezonunda ekip yeleri, 2000-2008kazlarn kapsayacak olan 4 ciltlik yayna ynelik olarak almalarn srdrmlerdir.

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View of South Area B.79 facing W. Photo Jason Quinlan.

EXCAVATIONS

Introduction to the Excavation Areas 2009 Shahina Farid

As the 2009 season was primarily a study season,excavations took place in three areas only in the

South Area on the Neolithic East Mound andTrenches 5 and 8 on the West ChalcolithicMound. The study season ran from 15th June untilthe end of July during which time teams workedon post-excavation analyses in preparation for thepublication of four new volumes covering theexcavations in the 4040 Area, South Area, TPArea and IST Area excavated from 2000 to 2008.The aim of the phase of work in preparation forpublication addressed the social geography of thesettlement and larger community structure.

South Area

Under direction of the Project, the excavationteam in the South Areas comprise professionalexcavators assisted by members of field schoolsfrom collaborative universities and internationalstudents. The aim is for students to work alongside professional excavators to gain a good andthorough grounding in excavation skills,recording and integrated interpretation.

The research aims in the South Area are toexplore more fully the temporal processes thatproduce phases of settlement because thebuildings remaining from the Mellaart and our

excavations occur at different levels. Thus it ispossible to examine the chronological

development of houses in relation to each otherfrom the very base of the mound. We also worktowards expanding the area where we reachednatural lake marl in 1999. In order to reach ourtarget we have first to move further away fromthat focal point, but whilst doing so we will befulfilling the aim of excavating a temporalsequence.

South Area, view of Building 87 showing horizontal decorativegrooves on the plastered walls and post scars associated with end

of occupation. Photo Jason Quinlan

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West Mound Trench 8. Bowl decorated with a human figure.Photo B. Erdogu

West Mound

On the West Mound, in 2009 excavation seasonDr. Peter Biehl from the University ofCambridge and Dr Burin Erdogu from the

University of Thrace excavated on Trenches 5and Trench 8.

The excavation in Trench 5 (Tr 5) on theatalhyk West Mound continued in a four-week field season with a team of 10 in order toreach floors or surfaces of the most likely fivebuildings

Three weeks of excavation in Trench 8 of theWest Mound directed by Dr Burin Erdogu tookplace to clarify a number of issues relating to

the architectural development and stratigraphyof the Early Chalcolithic settlement.

2009 Kaz Alanlar- Shahina Farid2009 kaz sezonu temel olarak alma sezonuolmu ve Dou Hykte Gney Alan ve BatKalkolitik Hykte Ama 5 ve Ama 8 kazlarolmak zere ancak alanda kazlar devametmitir.alma sezonu 15 Haziranda balam veTemmuzun sonuna kadar srm olup ekiplerkarlacak yeni yaynlara ynelik olarak, 2000-2008 yllar arasnda 4040, Gney, TP ve ISTalanlarnda yaplan kazlarn sonularyla ilgilialmalarn srdrmlerdir. Hazrlklar srenyayn almalar, yerleim biriminin sosyalcorafyas ve geni toplum yapsyla ilgilisorunsallara yneliktir.

Gney AlanProjenin bakanl altnda alan GneyAlanndaki kaz ekibi, profesyonel arkeologlar,akademik ortakln olduu niversitelerdenrenciler ve kazya bamsz katlanrencilerden olumutur. Burada ama, kazyakatlan rencilerin profesyonel arkeologlarlabirlikte alarak, kaz teknikleri, kayt tutma veyorumlama gibi yeteneklerini gelitirmelerinisalamaktr. Gney Alanndaki bu seneki

kazlarn amac yerleimin zaman ierisindekigeliimini anlamaya ynelik olmu ve Mellaartzamanndaki kazlardan kalan binalar ilegnmz kazlarnda ortaya karlan binalarnayn seviyelere getirilmesine allmtr.Bylelikle, hyn en alt tabalakalarndanyukarya doru binalarn zamansal geliimlerinive birbileriyle olan ilkilerini inceleyebilmeimkan elde edilmitir. Ayn zamanda 1999 ylkazlarnda eritiimiz marn tabakalarn dageniletmeye ynelik allmtr. 1999 kazlar

srasnda ulalan doal tabakalar GneyAlannn ortasna dmektedir. Bu amaygeniletmek iin evresindeki yaplar basamaklbirekilde kazmak durumunda kaldk.

Bat HykBat Hykte 2009 kaz sezonundaki kazlarCambridge niversistesinden Dr. Peter Biehlve Trakya niversitesinden Dr Burin Erdogubakanlnda Ama 5 ve Ama 8de devametmitir. atalhyk Bat Hyk Ama 5 (Tr

West Mound Building 78. Looking South-West.Image Tr.8 Team

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5)deki kazlar drt haftalk kaz sezonunda 10kiilik bir ekiple devam etmitir. Bu kazlar bualanda bulunan 5 ayr binadaki tabanlaraulamak amacna ynelik olarak devam etmitir.Bat Hyk Ama 8de Dr Burin Erdogu,

bakanlnda hafta boyunca devam edenkazlar Erken Kalkolitik yerleimlerinin mimarigeliimine ynelik bir takm sorunsallarzmlemeye ynelik olarak yaplmtr.

Elemental Characterization of Neolithic Artefacts Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence [PXRF] -Tristan Carter

Thanks to the generosity of Bruce Kaiser, ChiefScientist of Bruker AXS, we were able toborrow his companys Bruker Tracer III-Vportable X-Ray Fluorescence [PXRF]spectrometer for the on-site elemental analysisof a wide range of artefacts.

PXRF analysis of the plastered skull (11330) from Building 42,South Area, in Konya Museum. Photo Nurcan Yalman.

At atalhyk we analysed upon a relativelywide range of media, focusing on those artefacts

/materials for which it is difficult, if not

impossible, to export for analysis and/or removesub-samples. These included a range of paintedand plastered skulls, plus other skeletal material

(in conjunction with D. amurcuolu, S.Haddow and L. Hager), pigments and paints(with D. amurcuolu), a large quantity of

obsidian (working with M. Mili, N. Kayacanand S. Ostaptchouk), together with various findsfrom the West Mound excavations of Biehl andRosenstock (in conjunction with Ingmar Franz),plus those of Erdou.

While most of the raw data requiresnormalisation and further manipulation, a briefprcis can be given here of two of the mostimportant analyses and their results.

Plastered skull (11330) from Building 42 in theSouth Area, excavated in 2004 (Boz and Hager2004), is plastered from forehead to chin, with abackground of white plaster painted with a redpigment. The skull has been on display inKonya Museum since 2004 and has neverpreviously been analysed. With full permissionfrom the curator we were allowed to use thePXRF to elementally characterise the redpigment in the gallery. The results indicate that

the pigment is iron-based, i.e. an ochre.Painted skull (E VI, 20) we also analysed anumber of the renowned red-painted skulls fromthe 1960s excavations, including one fromLevel VI that had large frontal areas of a brightred pigment. The PXRF analysis, using thesame method detailed above, confirmed clearlyMellaarts original claim that this vibrantcolorant was the highly toxic cinnabar (HgS), amercuric sulphide.

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Elemental analysis of a large obsidian blade core from the surface

of the West Mound using the Bruker Tracer III V portable X-rayluorescence [PXRF] spectrometer . Photo Scott Haddow.

Neolitik Buluntularn Tanabilir Rntgen Flor Spektrometresi [PXRF] ile ElementlerininTanmlanmas- Tristan Carter

Bruce Kaiser, Bruker AXS firmasnn ba

bilimadam olarak grev yapan Bruce Kaiserinkatklar ile firmasna ait olan TanabilirRntgen Flror Spektrometresini kazalannda bulunan birok buluntunun elementeldzeyde analizini yapmak amacyla dn almbulunuyoruz.atalhykte yurtdna analiz iin karlmaimkan bulunmayan bir takm buluntularnalanda analizini yaptk. Bunlardan bazlargemi yllarda ortaya km boyal ve svalkafataslar (D. amurcuolu, S. Haddow ve L.

Hager ile birlikte) boyalar ve renk pigmentlerinin incelenmesi, (D. amurcuoluile birlikte), byk oranda obsidyenkalntlarnn incelenmesi (M. Mili, N.

Kayacan and S. Ostaptchouk ile birlikte) veBiehl, Rosenstock ve Erdou ile yaplan BatHyk kazlarnda (Ingmar Franz ile birlikte)elde edilen buluntular.

Elde edilen n bilgi henz manupule edilmemiolmakla birlikte, elde edilen iki nemli sonucuburada aklayabiliriz.

2004 yl kazlar srasnda, Gney AlanndaBina 42de ortaya karlan sval kafatas

(11330) (Boz and Hager 2004) aln ksmndanene ksmna kadar beyaz bir sva ile svanmve sva stne krmz pigmentli bir boya ileboyanmt. Bu kafatas Konya Mzesinde2004 ylndan beri sergide bulunmaktadr vedaha nce detayl analizi yaplmamtr. Mzekratrnn izni ile PXRF ile yaplan elementanalizi ile bu krmz pigmentin zellikleriniortaya karm bulunuyoruz. Alnan sonularortaya karmtr ki bulunan bu pigment demirbazl a boyasdr.

Bunun yansra 1960lardaki kazlarda ortayakarlm olan ve Seviye VI katndan karlmve n ksmnn byk bir blm krmz birboya ile boyanm kafatas (E VI, 20) geensezon tekrar incelemeye alnmtr. Yukarbelirtilen metodla, PXRF analizi yaplankafatasnn Mellaartn ilk yapt yorumlardorulanm ve bu boyann yksek derecedetoksik ieren, civa sulfide bazl bir element olanzincifre olduu anlalmtr.

Painted skull (E VI, 20) being analysed by the PXRF. Photo Scott Haddow.

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Young adult female F. 3418, Sk (18457) from NE Platform in B.76. Note the extent of the blackening to the skeleton. View east.

Photo Human Remains Team.

Young adult male F.3421, Sk (18496) from NE Platform in B.76. Note the blackened skull and the carbonized organic

material endocranially. View north. Photo Jason Quinlan.

2009 atalhyk Human Remains - Lori D. Hager & Scott D. Haddow with contributions byEmmy Bocaege and Jennifer Byrnes

During the excavation season, 11 new skeletons, some complete and some partial, required ourattention. Three of these were isolated crania and 8 were primary inhumations. The 3 skulls were

found in the South Area in various contexts. Five of the primary interments were found in Building76, also in the South Area, which had burned during Neolithic times. The five skeletons were underthe east and northeast platforms while the fire burned above. The bones were differentially altered byfire depending on their proximity to the hottest part of the fire. The skulls for all five individuals werescorched to a black-brown and, in one instance, the entire skeleton was blackened. One neonate wasfound at the lowest level of Building 53, a building in the South last excavated in 2006. In the 4040Area, a young childs skeleton was recovered from the northwest platform of Building 49, the earliestindividual to be interred in the house. Finally, similar to last year, the West Mound found a neonate inChalcolithic deposits in Trench 5.

2009 atalhyknsan Kemikleri- Lori D. Hager & Scott D. Haddow (Emmy Bocaege veJennifer Byrnesin katklarylaKaz sezonu boyunca, bazlar ksmi bazlar tm olmak zere 11 yeni iskelet ortaya karlmtr.

Bunlardan 3 tanesi yanlzca kafatas olarak 8 tanesi ise birincil gmt olarak ortaya karlmtr.Kafataslarnn 3 tanesi Gney alannda eitli kontekstlerde bulunmutur. Birincil gmtlerin 5 tanesiise yine Gney Alannda bulunan Bina 76da bulunmu ve Neolitik dnemde yangn geirdiklerianlalmtr. Bu be iskelet dou ve kuzeydou platformlarnn altnda bulunmu ve platformlarnzerindeki ateten etkilendikleri gzlemlenmitir. Kemikler maruz kaldklar atein s derecesine grefarkl ekilde yanmlardr. Bulunan be kafatas maruz kaldklar s ile kahverengi-siyah bir rengednrken, bir iskelet ise tamamen simsiyah bir renge dnmtr. En son 2006 ylnda kazlmolan Gney Alanndaki Bina 53n en alt tabakalarndan birinde, yenidoan bir bebein iskeletinerastlanmtr. 4040 Alannda gen bir ocuun iskeleti, Bina 49un kuzeybat platformundan ortayakm olup, bu evde bulunan en gen bireyi temsil etmektedir. Son olarak da, geen ylkine benzer birekilde Bat Hyk, Ama 5de Kalkolitik tabakalarda bir bebek iskeletine rastlanmtr.

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Rows or crates in the new storage depot ordered by

material. Photo Jason Quinlan.

Team enjoying traditionalKonya kebab.

Interior of the storage depot very quickly filled. Photo

Jason Quinlan.

OTHER ACTIVITIES Shahina FaridOn site Storage DepotsBy the end of the 2008 season the second of aplanned 4 storage depots was completed. Oneof the first tasks this season was to move in.

The fantastic space was quickly filled.

TV Crews & PhotographersWe were filmed twice this season both forBritish TV. Of great excitement, especially tothe British team, was the arrival of Blue Peter(Blue Peter is a long-running BBC factualprogramme for children intended to be avoyage of adventure and discovery). It was afully packed two days of filming on site and inthe labs but the highlight was the challenge thethree presenters were set which was to spend anight in the experimental house on site, afterhaving cooked an authentic Neolithic meal inour experimental oven. The programme wasbroadcasted on the 6th October 2009. The crew

spent a night in the experimental house on site,after having cooked an authentic Neolithicmeal in our experimental oven.The second crew from Wildfire TV came tofilm for a documentary about how changes inclimate affected humans throughout history.The first of the 4 part series Man on Earth,was broadcast on 7th Dec 2009.Photographer Vince Musi and his Turkishassistant Aydin Kudu visited site at the end ofthe season for a photo shoot for National

Geographic Magazine.

Kkky School playgroundThe project was approached by the Muchtar(headman) of Kkky, our nearest villageand from where most of our local work teamcome from, for support for a school

playground. Coordinated by Gulay Sert whoruns the Childrens Summer SchoolProgramme, the project made a donationtowards this venture that was also supported byKonya Cimento.

Templeton Project IIWe held our annual seminar involving a groupof international scholars in the disciplines ofarchaeology, anthropology, philosophy andreligious studies at the site for a week tocontribute to the interpretive process. This isthe start of a second project with a grant fromthe John Templeton Foundation. Theseseminars have proved very successful for theinterpretation of the site. The questions that arebeing addressed at atalhyk are based on therelationship between belief and othersymbolism and the control of production.

Other EventsAs every year weenjoyed an eveninghosted by our friends andsupporters atKaravan, a kilimshop in Konya. Weenjoy traditionalKonya kebab in the

courtyard followedby Sema/Whirling

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Dervish presentation on the terrace of the dighouse.Finally, we held an afternoon of presentationsto the Director and curators from the KonyaArchaeological Museums. We presented our

latest data on a number of on going researchprojects on various materials that had beenfacilitated by the museum staff.

DER AKTVTELER-Shahina FaridDepolar2008 kaz sezonun sonunda gelecek sezonlardayaplmasn planladmz 4 deponun ikincisibu kaz sezonunda yaplmtr. Depo ok abukbirekilde dolmutur.

Televizyon Program ve Fotoraf ekimleriBu sezon ngiliz televizyonu tarafndan ikifarkl program iin filme alndk. zelliklengiliz ekibince byk bir okuyla karlananbirinci televizyon ekibi Blue Peter, BBCtarafndan uzun yllardan beri yaynlanan,ocuklara ynelik macera ve keif yolculuklarkonulu bir televizyon programdr. ki gnboyunca kaz alannda ve laboratuarlarda filmekimi gerekletirilmitir. Bu program 6 Ekim2009 tarihinde yaynlanmtr. kinci film ekibi,iklimdeki deiikliklerin tarih boyunca insantopluluklarn ne ekilde etkilediine dair birbelgesel film ekmek zere Widfiretelevizyonundan gelmitir. 4 blmlk ManOn Earth serisinin birinci blm 7 Aralk2009 tarihinde yaynlanmtr.Fotoraf Vince Musi ve asistan Aydn Kududa sezon sonunda alan ziyaret etmiler veNatinal Geographic dergisi iin fotorafekimleri yapmlardr.

Kkky Okul BahesiKkky muhtar tarafndan nerilen buproje, atalhyk yakndaki Kkkynilkokulunun bahesinde bir oyun alanoluturmaya yneliktir. ocuk Yaz

Atlyesinin bakan Glay Sertin koordineettii bu proje, atalhyk Aratrma Projesive Konya imentonun katk larylagereklemitir.

Templeton Seminerleri IIHer yl uluslaras akademik kurumlardan,arkeolog, antropolog, filozof ve teologlarnkatlmlar ile gerekleen, kaz alannyorumlanmasna katk salayan seminerimizibu yl da gerekletirmi bulunuyoruz. Bu John

Templeton Fonunun katk lar ilegerekletirilen ikinci projedir. Bu seminerlerkaz alann yorumlanmasna ok byk katkdabulunmutur. atalhyk konu alnaraksorulmu sorular inan sistemi ve sembolizmve retimin kontrol ile ilgilidir.

Dier AktivitelerHer yl olduu gibi bu yl da, dostluunu vekatklarn bizden esirgemeyen Konyada birhal ve kilim maazas olan Karavann bizimiin atalhykte dzenledii geceye bykbir keyifle katldk. Gecede geleneksel Konyayemeklerinin yannda, mevlevilerin bir Semagsterisi geceye renk katt.Son olarak da Konya Arkeolojik Mzesiyneticileri ve kratrlerine bir dizi sunumyaplmtr. Kaz alanndaki aratrmaclarcayrtlen ve mzenin katklaryla aratrma veincelemeleri yaplan buluntularla ilgili sonularsunulmutur.

(left) The Blue Peter van on site and (right) the presenters in their Neolithic costume. Photos Jason Quinlan.

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FIELD TEAM 2009

Project Director: Ian Hodder.Field Director &

Project Coordinator: Shahina Farid.Project Assistant: Banu Aydnolugil.

Computing: Sarah Jones, Richard May & Neil Davies.Database D evelopment: Sarah Jones.South Area excavations: Daniel Eddisford, Michael House, Roddy Regan, Freya Sadarangani, James Taylor, Lisa

Yeomans with Christopher Atkinson, Christopher Carlton, Sema Baci, Menna Bell, JohnHolston Graham Isted, Yasemin zarslan Hakki Uncu.

TP excavations: Arkadiusz Marciniak, Lech Czerniak, Marek Baranski, Marta Bartkowiak, AgataCzeszewska, Patrycja Filipowicz, Haskell Greenfield, Arkadiusz Klimowicz, KamillaPawlowska, Tomasz Kozlowsi, Shannon Stewart, Marcin Was.

IST Team: Mihriban zbaaran, Gne Duru, Nurcan Kayacan, Nejla Kurt.West M ound, Trenches 5: Peter Biehl, Eva Rosenstock, Tom Birch, Jennifer Byrns, Ingmar Franz, Eva Maria Mihan,

David Orton, Sonia Ostaptchouk, Jana Rogasch, Sam Wakeford, Owen Vince, PatrickWillett.

West M ound, Tr ench 8: Burin Erdou, Nejat Ycel, Glay Ylankaya- Erdou, Onur zbek, Melek Ku,

Abdurrahman Snmez, Ozan zbudak, Nuray Kaygaz.Stanford Field Team: Kelly Nguyen, Elizabeth Wessells, Laura Buccieri, Angela Torney, Maroles Sijstermans,

Mitchell Scott, Tiffany Cain.Stanford Post-grads: Sharmini Pitter.Selcuk University Students: Numan Arslan, Ramazan Gndz, Onur Yksel, Mustafa Cessur.Illustration: Katy Killackey, Mesa Schumacher, Lyla Pynch-Brock.GIS Team: Cordelia Hall, Camilla Mazzucato, Michele Massa.Survey and Digitising: Dave Mackie, Cordelia Hall.Finds: Julie Cassidy, Lisa Guerre.H eavy Residue: Milena Vasic, Slobodan Mitrovi.Conservation: Liz Pye, Duygu amurcuolu, Graeme McArthur, Amanda Watts, Daniela Pedroza, Kelly

Caldwell, Sanaz Mehran.I mage and M edia: Jason Quinlan.

Faunal Team: Nerissa Russell, Katheryn Twiss, Sheelagh Frame, Claire Christensen, Arzu Demirergi,Liz Henton, Janet Griffiths,

Human Remains: Simon Hillson, Clark Larsen, Lori Hager, Baak Boz, Kimberly Christenson, EmmyBocaege, Scott Haddow, Josh Sadvari, Evan Garofalo, Sabrina Agarwal, BonnieGlencross, Marin Pilloud.

Palaeoethnobotany: Catherine Longford, Danielle de Carle, Garrett Boyd, Alexandra Livarda, Muge Ergun,Tudur Davies.

Phytoliths: Philippa Ryan.I sotopic Anal ysis: Jessica Pearson.M icromorpholgy Team: Beth Harley, Lisa-Marie Shillito.Textil e & Basketry: Willemina Wendrich.Starch An alysis: Karen Hardy, Renee VD Locht.Shell: Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer, Burcin Gm, zge Tutar.Microfauna: Emma Jenkins.Chi pped Stone: Tristan Carter, Marina Mili, Danica Mihailovic.Bead technology: Karen Wright, Roseleen Bains.Ceramics: Nurcan Yalman, Hilal Gltekin.Figurines &

Miniature Clay Objects: Lynn Meskell & Carolyn Nakamura, Louise Martin.Clay Stamps: Ali Turkcan.Clay Ball s & Geometri c Shapes: Sonya Atalay, Sheena Ketchum.Clay materi ality & sourcing: Chris Doherty, Jeffrey Aviss.L andscape Sur vey & Corin g: Chris Doherty, Tudur Davies, Slobodan Mitrovi.Speleotherm Sour cing: Glgn Grcan, Onur zbek.Architectural Analysis: Serena Love.Clay Architectural M ateri al: Mira Stevanovic.Visualisation Team: Stephanie Moser, Graeme Earl, Sara Perry, Ian Kirkpatrick, Gary Gibbons.F orensic Team: Karl Harrison, Anna Davenport, Marguerite Clarke, Rebecca Cessford.C14 Dating Team: Alexandra Bayliss, Shahina Farid.Summer School: Glay Sert, Nuray Kaygaz, Abdurrahman Snmez.

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Community Archaeology: Sonya Atalay, Sema Bac, Veysel Apaydin, Tiffany Cain.Research Projects: Beliz Terceli, Tera Pruitt, Melania Savino, Colleen Morgan.Camp M anager: Levent zer.Site Assistant: Yildiz Dirmit.Site Cu stodian s: Mustafa Tokyasun, Hasan Tokyasun, brahim Eken.House Staff: smail Salmanc, Nevriye ener, Glsm Eken, Elmas Motuk.

Site Workers: Mevlut Sivas, Mustafa Yal, smail Yal Hseyin Yal, Numan Bulu, MustafaYal, Hasan Yal , Mehmet Ali Motuk, Mahmut Celik, smail Bulu.

Residue Sorters: Saliha Sivas, Hatice Yal, Rabia Yal, Senay Yal, Tulin Yal, Esra ener, Haticeelik, Elmas ener.

Some of the team 2009. Photo Jason Quinlan.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

An international team now based in London University (UK) and Stanford University (USA) has undertakenarchaeological research at atalhyk since 1993, with a permit granted by the Ministry of Culture, and underthe auspices of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. We are especially grateful to the GeneralDirector of Monuments and Museums, and to our temsilci Ltfi nel.

The main sponsors of the project are Yap Kredi and Boeing. Another sponsor is Shell.

Funding for the project in 2009 has also been received from the British Institute at Ankara, Stanford University,the Global Heritage Fund, University College London, the Turkish Cultural Foundation, the University ofPoznan, the University of Gdansk, SUNY Buffalo, the Humboldt Foundation, the Templeton Foundation and ananonymous donor.

The institutional partners of the project are Selcuk University, Stanford University, University College London,Adam Mickiewicz University, Istanbul University.

This Newsletter has been compiled by Banu Aydnolugil, drawn from the 2009 season Archive Report(www.catalhoyuk.com)

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