RECOMMENDED READINGS

Price, T. D. and A. B. Gebauer, (Eds.). Last Hunters First Farmers. Santa Fe, School of American Research Press, 1995.

Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. Facts on File. New York. Oxford. 1990.

Simmons, Alan H. The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East: Transforming the Human Landscape. Tucson. University of Arizona Press. 2007

WEBLIOGRAPHY

“The ‘Ain Ghazal Statute Project. UCL Institute of Archaeology. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Ancient Near East. Digital Image Collections. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Çatalhöyük: Excavations of a Neolithic Anatolian Höyük. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Chandler, Graham (2009). “The Beginning of the End for Hunter-Gatherers.” Saudi Aramco World. March/April 2009. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Neolithic Revolution. Wikipedia. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Sherratt, Andrew (2005). “The Obsidian Trade in the Near East, 14,000 to 6500 BCE.” ArchAtlas. January 2008, Edition 3. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Sherratt, Andrew (2005). “The Origins of Farming in South-West Asia.” ArchAtlas. January 2008, Edition 3. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Tell Sabi Abyad. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden: National Museum of Antiquities. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Timeline of Near Eastern Antiquities: Origins to 3000 BCE. The Louvre Museum. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

FILMS & VIDEOS

“Dig This: Robert McC Adams.” Tom Levy Interviews Adams. YouTube. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Early Cities: Tell Hamoukar. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

“TERRA 503: Why Don’t We Ride Zebras?” Terra: The Nature of Our World. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

BLOGS & VLOGS:

Çatalhöyük Excavation Blog. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Tell Sabi Abyad. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden: National Museum of Antiquities. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

VIRTUAL ONLINE TOURS AND/OR INTERACTIVES:

Mysteries of Çatalhöyük. Interactive Dig. Link to resource (accessed April 29, 2010).

Classroom Connections

Gil Stein

Director of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago