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Dural, Sadrettin, 1953-

Protecting Çatalhöyük : memoir of an archaeological site guard / Sadrettin Dural ; with contributions by Ian Hodder ; translated by Duygu Camurcuoğlu Cleere. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2007. - 160 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160).

Begining my new job at Çatalhöyük -- Excavations begin : the team settles in -- My routine as a guard -- Loneliness and friendship amongst the ancient mounds of the Konya plain -- I build the Çatalhöyük cafe -- Dealing with more visitors and foreigners -- Some less happy memories -- The past and the present -- Dealing with each other -- Doing the right thing -- More about Çatalhöyük -- Some erotic moments -- Financial dealings -- More visitors to Çatalhöyük and some difficult moments -- They stroke the soil with love -- Things start to go wrong -- The situation worsens -- Reaching the end.

ISBN: 9781598740493 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1598740490 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781598740509 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1598740504 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006033267

Subjects--Personal Names:
Dural, Sadrettin, 1953-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Private security services--Employees--Turkey--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Çatal Mound (Turkey)

LC Class. No.: GN776.32.T9 / D85 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 363.28/9092