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Göbekli Tepe and Ҫatalhöyük

Books and Articles on the subject of Frank Oatman's talk of March 11, 2014:

Books:

Göbekli Tepe: A Stone Age Sanctuary in South-Eastern Anatolia, by Klaus Schmidt (the German excavator; difficult read)
Turkish Stonehenge: GöbekliTepe, by Joe Plegge (interesting theories on celestial alignments)
The Leopard’s Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Ҫatalhöyük, by Ian Hodder (English excavator)

Magazine Articles, all these on Göbekli Tepe:

Smithsonian Magazine,’ November 2008 (short article)
‘National Geographic Magazine,’ June, 2011 (great color photos, of course, excellent article as well)
‘The New Yorker,’ December 19 & 26, 2011(substantial ,well-written article)
‘Actual Archaeology Magazine,’ February 2012 (brief article, some excellent photos)

Taos Archaeological Society

PO Box 143

Taos, NM, 87571