Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Beginning my new job at Çatalhöyük; Chapter 2 Excavations begin'“ The team settles in; Chapter 3 My routine as a guard; Chapter 4 Loneliness and friendship among the ancient mounds of the Konya plain; Chapter 5 I build the Çatalhöyük cafe; Chapter 6 Dealing with more visitors and foreigners; Chapter 7 Some less happy memories; Chapter 8 The past and the present; Chapter 9 Dealing with each other; Chapter 10 Doing the right thing; Chapter 11 More about Çatalhöyük; Chapter 12 Some erotic moments; Chapter 13 Financial dealings; Chapter 14 More visitors to Çatalhöyük and some difficult moments; Chapter 15 They stroke the soil with love; Chapter 16 Things start to go wrong; Chapter 17 The situation worsens; Chapter 18 Reaching the end;

About the Author

Sadrettin Dural is a Turkish villager from Kucukkoy near Konya. He served as site guard at the famous archaeological site Catalhoyuk as well as taxi driver, commodities trader, restauranteur, and farmer. Ian Hodder is professor of cultural and social anthropology at Stanford University and director of the Catalhoyuk excavations.

Reviews

"Sadrettin's is not a success story. It does not chart the successful education and empowerment of one of those many that have for so long been overlooked at the edges, but actually at the center of archaeology. It could hardly be said that Sadrettin's story charts the end of centuries of colonial archaeological manipulation and silencing. His story is at once amusing, uplifting, tragic and unending. But in providing us with his voice, Sadrettin has opened up new possibilities for dialogue. I have learned a lot from him in terms of how Catalhoyuk might be managed and interpreted, and in terms of how archaeologists might work with local communities. I hope that others too will gain from reading his words." - From the Foreword by Ian Hodder