Protecting Çatalhöyük : memoir of an archaeological site guard /

Protecting Çatalhöyük : memoir of an archaeological site guard /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dural, Sadrettin, 1953-
Imprint:	Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007.
Description:	160 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Dural, Sadrettin, -- 1953- Dural, Sadrettin, -- 1953- Private security services -- Turkey -- Employees -- Biography. Private security services -- Employees. Çatal Mound (Turkey) Turkey. Turkey -- Çatal Mound. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6324792

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Other authors / contributors:	Hodder, Ian.
ISBN:	9781598740493 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1598740490 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781598740509 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1598740504 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160).

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Begining my new job at atalhoynk
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 atalhoynk 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 atalhoynk
Some erotic moments
Financial dealings
More visitors to atalhoynk 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 atalhoynk
Afterword: Dialogue between Sadrettin Dural and Ian Hodder