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A team of archaeologists led by Ian Hodder, professor of anthropology and of classics at Stanford, has unearthed an about 8,000-year-old figurine at Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic site in central Turkey.

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Anthropology professor Ian Hodder will begin work with Stirling archaeologist ALEX BAYLISS to conduct radiocarbon dating at Çatalhöyük, Turkey, a mud brick site, estimated to date from 7,100 to 5,900 BC. The work will focus on items from the site…

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