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In the last issue of Archaeology International, Louse Martin and Shahina Farid provided a brief introduction to the contributions of Institute of Archaeology research teams to the Çatalhöyük Research Project. Here Elizabeth Pye and Duygu Camurcuoğlu Cleere describe in more detail the work of the Conservation team, which deals with the conservation of buildings, wall paintings and other art, as well as human bones and artefacts. They describe their methods and their adoption of holistic approach to conservation that involves working with other specialists, but also with students and the local community, in a wider study of the site as a whole.

Keywords: building conservation,  art conservation,  wall paintings,  human remains