Çatalhöyük, Turkey
A 9,000-year-old Anatolian Town
A view of the newest protective structure at Çatalhöyük. Pathways lead visitors through the excavations.
The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism is working with the Çatalhöyük project to revise the existing site management plan, which is being used as a model for other sites in Turkey. On the basis of this plan, the Turkish government has put the site forward for World Heritage status.
Trained archaeologists worked with local labor to measure relative humidity and other variables in the shelter throughout the year, and to build a full visual documentation of the state of the mud-brick buildings beneath the shelter.
