18 May '15
Fieldwork National Geographic funding for Barcın Höyük Excavations
NIT director Fokke Gerritsen has received a grant from the National Geographic Society for excavation and analysis at Barcın Höyük in the summer of 2015.
A grant from the National Geographic Society will enable NIT director Fokke Gerritsen and colleagues to conduct a final season of excavations and research at Barcın Höyük. This will allow the team to explore the Neolithic settlement at the time of its foundation around 6,600 BC.