Catal Hoyuk is a town of 10,000 people, artists, sculptors, farmers, hunters and toolmakers that flourished 9,000 years ago for over 2,000 years. First excavated by Mellaart 1961-65 then continuing under Hodder from 1993 it has transformed our understanding of our far past. This course attempts to give a brief description of the site and some of the questions raised