The Neolithic of Central Anatolia. Internal Developments and external relations during the 9th-6th millenia cal BC, (Proceedings of the International CANeW Table Ronde Istanbul, 23–24 November 2001), 2002, 356 p., 45 fig. et tables dt 25 coul. -

Prepared through a discussion list of scholars and presented to the international community using a web site, the International CANeW Table Ronde aimed to produce a synthetic volume on the Neolithic of Central Anatolia, going for the big lines, for the big questions. Edited and published only six months after the event, the proceedings of the conference reflect an open and original experience – in spirit and format – of debates involving international students, PhD students and professors, young and older people; stressing dialogue, contrasting and exchanging ideas, pooling knowledge and expertise. The volume brings together synthetic data presentations (including new chronologies based on radiocarbon and dendrochronology, new geoarchaeological maps specially prepared for CANeW, statements on surveys, new visions on subsistence economy, etc.), detailed analyses (on architecture, on settlement patterns, on the use of symbols in Çatalhöyük and Göbekli Tepe, on the obsidian trade, etc.) and new theories aiming to explain the dynamics of social transformations. An extra paper by Jean Perrot, presenting a challenging view on the archaeology of the Near East, a detailed dendrochronological chart and a sociological evaluation of the event complete this book.