Çatalhöyük

The University of Southampton’s archaeological visualisation team, led by Professor Stephanie Moser, has been conducting research at the internationally renowned site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey, since 2009. This pioneering project is the first of its kind to examine the long-term visual corpus of an archaeological excavation and develop engaging new visuals for the site’s key audiences. A formal partnership has been established between the University of Southampton and Stanford University, under the direction of Professor Ian Hodder, who has been excavating at Çatalhöyük since 1991.

Dr Graeme Earl and other staff and students in the Archaeological Computing Research Group are part of this wider project. They are using Europe’s fastest Windows computer experts from various disciplines across the University and in other institutions are working together to create digital simulations of the site that are as close to physical accuracy as possible. As the project progresses more and more data gathered on site in Turkey and from previous work will be incorporated, enabling a representation of the site to be built up that is designed to stimulate new archaeological interpretations and enhance the public representation of the site to communities in Turkey and across the world.

People

• Eleonora Gandolfi
• Graeme Earl
• Grant Cox