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Title: A big opportunity - missed
Review: The mound of Catalhoyuk in southern Turkey is one of the great neolithic sites, and major excavations have been going on for decades. Michael Balter is a respected journalist who knows a great deal about archaelogy. Alas, he has chosen to tell us ABOUT THE DIGGERS AND NOT ABOUT THE DIG. If you want to know how digs are organized and done - the sociology and politics of the archaeology world, this is a good read. If you want to know about Neolithic civilization in Anatolia and how Catalhoyuk excavations have advanced our understanding, go somewhere else. A disappointment.
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