Ancient Anatolia: Fifty Years' Work by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara

by Roger Matthews (Editor)

Under the banner of the BIAA every corner of Turkey has been investigated, uncovered and published by British archaeologists; this book is a wonderful reflection of its work. From the Neolithic site at Catalhoyuk to the tell at Beycesultan, all of the BIAA's excavations are discussed by their original excavators. From the Pisidian survey to Clive Foss' epic trek through the medieval castles of Anatolia, generations of scholarly wanderings are accounted for. Object and archival research are not J D Hawkins describes his research into Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions while J D Winfield presents Byzantine wall paintings illustrated in this book with colour plates.

420 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1998

Reviews

[Stephen Simpson · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book wasn't what I hoped, and the description on the back cover that says it discusses the subject "in an accessible and attractive" manner is just flat-out wrong. Accessible, yes. Attractive? Not so much.

This is a book by archaeologists for archaeologists with a great deal more discussion of craft and technique than the historical and anthropological context of the discoveries. If you want to learn about ancient Anatolia, go find another book.