James Mellaart

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Mellaart (b. November 14, 1925, London) is a British archaeologist and author who is noted for his discovery of the Neolithic settlement of atalh y k in Turkey. He was also expelled from Turkey suspected of involvement with the antiquities black market and was involved with the so-called Mother goddess controversy in Anatolia. Mellaart was also involved in a string of controversies that eventually lead to his banning from excavations in Turkey in the 1960s.