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Indiana University Bloomington
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Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty : Faculty & Staff

Sonya AtalaySonya Atalay

Education

  • Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley (2003)
  • M.A. in Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley (1998)
  • B.A. in Anthropology and Classical Archaeology, University of Michigan (1991)

Research Interests

  • Indigenous and community archaeology
  • Postcolonial/decolonizing research
  • Collaborative methodologies
  • Clay/ceramics analysis
  • Anthropology of food and cooking
  • Comparative ethics
  • Cultural and intellectual property

Courses Recently Taught

  • Goddesses, Bulls and Mounds: Archaeology of the Middle East
  • Community Based Research Methods
  • Archaeology Graduate Proseminar

Contact Information

satalay@indiana.edu
Student Building 052
(812) 856-2638

Publication Highlights

  • Atalay, Sonya and C. Hastorf. 2006. "Food, Meals, and Daily Activities: The Habitus of Food Practices at Neolithic, Çatalhöyük"  American Antiquity 71(2): 283-319.
  • Atalay, Sonya. 2005. "Domesticating Clay: the Role of Clay Balls, Mini Balls, and Geometric Objects in Daily Life at Çatalhöyük." In Changing Materialities at Çatalhöyük: reports from the 1995-99 seasons.  Ian Hodder (ed.), Chapter 6, p. 139-168. Çatalhöyük Project Volume 5. McDonald Institute Monographs/British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara.
  • Atalay, Sonya and Christine Hastorf.  2005. "Foodways at Çatalhöyük." In Çatalhöyük Perspectives: themes from the 1995-99 seasons.  Ian Hodder (ed.), Chapter 8, p.109-124.  Çatalhöyük Project Volume 6.  McDonald Institute Monographs/British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara.
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