A new dig started in the early 1990's and is still ongoing. It has been the focus of two major archaeological investigations, the first in the late 1950's/early 1960's.
Dated to as early as 9500 years ago, Catal Hoyuk is one of the oldest and largest of known early Stone Age settlements in the world. Science writer and long-time Science magazine correspondent Balter has written an eloquent and extremely interesting account of the excavations at the early Neolithic site of Catal Hoyuk in central Turkey.
But while the sub-title ' Catal Hoyuk: An Archaeological Journey into the Dawn of Civilization' should quickly clarify the true subject matter, this book turns out to be just as fascinating as anyone could want. The title of The Goddess and the Bull may attract the attention of all kinds of audiences, including feminists, New Age goddess worshippers and possibly those seeking a kinky thriller. He divides his time between Paris and New York City, where from 2010 to 2015 he taught science, health and environmental journalism at New York University.The Goddess and the Bull by Michael Balter He is the author of The Goddess and the Bull, about the excavations at Neolithic Catalhoyuk in Turkey and the origins of civilization.īalter currently contributes to Scientific American, Audubon, The Verge, and other publications. From 1993-2002 he was Paris bureau chief for Science, and then worked for the magazine as a Contributing Correspondent, focusing on archaeology and human evolution, until 2016. In 1988, Balter moved to Paris, where he wrote for the International Herald Tribune, Islands, Travel & Leisure, Bon Appétit, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among many others. During the early 1980s, he worked on the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit against L.A.’s police department for spying on peaceful political groups. He was also an oral historian at UCLA’s Oral History Program. Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, and Los Angeles magazine, among others. As a journalist he worked first at Pacifica’s Los Angeles station, KPFK, and then as a freelance writer for the L.A. Instructor Michael Balter was born in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and grew up in Los Angeles. Tickets are $124 for this intensive 4-hour session.
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