John Abbe in Eugene is visiting 40 places including…

Turkey

Çatalhöyük

4 cheers

John Abbe has written 3 entries about this place

Learn more  — 1 year ago

Official website: http://www.catalhoyuk.com/

Flickr feed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/catalhoyuk/

A book – The Leopard’s Tale – by lead archaeologist Ian Hodder came out earlier this year.

More recent research/photos  — 2 years ago

This article has photos and sketches of some amazing art, and the research continues to ask questions about relationships among the rise of urbanization, domestication and civilization.

Oldest city known  — 3 years ago

(as of 2005)

5-8,000 people settled in one place must have been amazing at the time.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk

John Abbe has gotten 4 cheers on this trip.