Dr. ÇiÄŸdem Atakuman is Associate Professor in Department of Settlement archaeology from Middle East Technological University. He has completed Chemical Engineering in 1991 form Middle East technological University. In 1994 he has also completed MSc. in archeology. He has nearly 50 publications.

History and Politics of Heritage and Archeology in Turkey / History and Politics of Cultural Heritage and Archeology in Turkey, The Neolithic Process / Theory and Method of Landscape-Ritual and Material Culture Studies in Archeology Theories and methods of landscape-ritual and objective culture studies in archeology, Archaeometry / Archaeometry, Archeology and Society Projects.