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James Mellaart: The Journey to Catalhoeyuk (Hardcover)
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James Mellaart: The Journey to Catalhoeyuk (Hardcover)
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James Mellaart was a pioneering archaeologist who made some of the
greatest discoveries about Turkey's prehistoric past, changing our
understanding of the late stone age forever. His excavation of the
huge Neolithic mound site of Catalhoeyuk, now a World Heritage
Site, brought revolutionary evidence of a complex prehistoric town,
revealing previously undreamt of art and culture, and making him
famous. However, there was far more to the man than his archaeology
- his troubled childhood, fierce identity, love for Turkish
culture, as well as the controversies by which he was dogged, meant
that his life was filled with adventure and exoticism. This book
delves into the life of James Mellaart and his wife Arlette, their
family histories and historical Istanbul, the romantic backdrop to
Mellaart's ground-breaking work. His son Alan explores in detail
how the lives of his parents and their respective families
unfolded, set against the social whirl of a summer palace on the
Bosphorus. Mellaart's archaeological discoveries and the excitement
of excavation are vividly explained in first-hand accounts by those
who were there at the time. Historical reports, eyewitness accounts
from those who knew him and assessments of the impact of both
Mellaart's work and character by leading academics show the
undoubted importance of his contribution to the archaeology of
Turkey and the wider Near East. Richly illustrated in colour
throughout, here for the first time the reader encounters
previously unseen archive materials, including Mellaart's personal
notebooks and accounts, giving new perspective on one of the
greatest and most controversial characters in the history of
archaeology.
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