posted on March 28: World renowned archeologist delves into Gatalhvy|k, agriculture origins

The remains of one of the oldest complex settled villages lies on the plains of central Turkey.

The 9,000 year-old site, called Gatalhvy|k, has been described as “the dig of the new millennium.”

The project director for the Gatalhvy|k archeological excavations and research, Ian Hodder, is one of this year's Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professors.

Hodder, professor and chair of the department of cultural and social anthropology at Stanford University, has written extensively on archaeological theory and the prehistory of Europe. Hodder spoke about Hybrid archaeology: archaeology, culture and society in the making of Gatalhvy|k yesterday.

He delivers his second lecture, From subsistence to sex: themes in the origins of agriculture, tonight (Wednesday March 27) at 7 p.m. at the Information Technology Building, Room 137.

The Hooker lectures are sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the H.L. Hooker Endowment Fund.

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The remains of one of the oldest complex settled villages lies on the plains of central Turkey.<p><br />
The 9,000 year-old site, called <a href="http://catal.arch.cam.ac.uk">Gatalhvy|k</a>, has been described as "<i>the</i> dig of the new millennium."<p><br />
The project director for the Gatalhvy|k archeological excavations and research, Ian Hodder, is one of this year&#039;s Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professors.<p> <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/anthroCASA/people/faculty/hodder.html">Hodder</a>, professor and chair of the department of cultural and social anthropology at Stanford University, has written extensively on archaeological theory and the prehistory of Europe. Hodder spoke about <i>Hybrid archaeology: archaeology, culture and society in the making of Gatalhvy|k </i> yesterday.<p><br />
He delivers his second lecture, <i>From subsistence to sex: themes in the origins of agriculture</i>, tonight (Wednesday March 27) at 7 p.m. at the Information Technology Building, Room 137.<p>The Hooker lectures are sponsored by the Department of <a href="http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~anthro">Anthropology</a>, the <a href="http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~anthro/hodder.htm">Faculty of Humanities</a>, the <a href="http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/">Faculty of Social Sciences</a> and the H.L. Hooker Endowment Fund. <br />

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