[Marine_Uncle]

"James Mellaart".
Back in mid 70's I ended up in the hospital for a few days.
During my stay, I ended up purchasing this book along with a number of other archeology works dealing with Egypt, Near East in general.
Much that appears to be new news is really been around a long time for those that search out knowledge, as I know your are acutely aware.

[SunkenCiv]

Yes, exactly so, well put. Mellaart has had at least three episodes of being a fantasy merchant, which means most of his real work, such as the Catal Huyuk dig almost 50 years ago, didn’t make the mainstream until recent years (there’s a new dig there going on, started up about ten years ago). I think there’s a big fat momma statue of the neolithic that he dug up there, which has made it into art history books (I’ve seen it in a textbook from a friend’s art-schooled daughter).

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Earliest Civilizations of the Near East by James Mellaart

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=James%20Mellaart&page=1

I Must get a copy....