The Excavation Diary

The excavation diaries are a daily log kept by the excavators on site during each season. They record the day to day activity of the team and their observations on their work.
 
Displaying Diary Entries for Building: 6

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Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 9/12/1996 
Entry: It's hard to believe another week is over, two weeks to go and we've no idea what stage we'll be at by the end of the season. I'd really like to be through all the occupation midden along the entire strip we're working in, which would take us through the... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 9/21/1996 
Entry: Continued excavating burials today - we have at least 24 individuals now, 17 of which are sub-adult. No wonder such emphasis on fertility/Mother Goddess with such high rate of infant mortality. Sitting staring at one of Bud's panels at tea after work Wend... click here for more... 
 
Name: Ian Hodder 
Team: Project Director 
Date: 9/22/1996 
Entry: Yesterday I realised that the heavy residue sorting has got down to less than 10 a day which is overcompensation from the 20 they were doing at the beginning and the 40 they got up to recently. There are 8 people sorting full time, and even tho they are n... click here for more... 
 
Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 9/28/1996 
Entry: Last diary entry for this season. We spent much of this week recording sections and walls as well as taking down walls that were not going to survive the following year. Space 117 is at a 1.2m depth from the N wall, the void in the centre of the room h... click here for more... 
 
Name: Charlie Newman 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 4/15/1999 
Entry: CHARLIE NEWMAN 15/04/99 Since my arrival ten days ago I have had to take absorb many new experiences and expectations. Firstly the culture aspect, which... click here for more... 
 
Name: Peter Boyer 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 4/15/1999 
Entry: Peter Boyer 15th April 1999 Well here it is my first diary entry for 1999. We've been working on site for a week now though the first few days were spent just cleaning the excavation areas in the Mellaart area, now renamed the South area due to some t... click here for more... 
 
Name: Charlie Newman 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 4/18/1999 
Entry: Charlie Newman 18/04/99 Yesterday and today Khan and I continued lifting Mellaarts backfill. So far we have encountered a post-retrieval pit in the eastern wall, a possible platform w... click here for more... 
 
Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 4/17/1999 
Entry: SHAHINA 17/4/99 We’ve just completed our first full week of excavation of the 6 month season with all personnel but as I’ve been here since the 30th March I thought I would recap on events so far and then discuss the excavation area and strategy. Kh... click here for more... 
 
Name: Charlie Newman 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 4/26/1999 
Entry: Building 6 Space 163 With the 1960’s backfill removed a series of truncated features have now become apparent. The area was immediately planned and placed within the confines of the current grid. In the south-east corner there appears to be an excava... click here for more... 
 
Name: Peter Boyer 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 4/27/1999 
Entry: Peter Boyer 27th April 1999 Well its now a week since my last entry. Not much has happened in the way of specifics. Building 2, space 117 is now complete bar a little outstanding paperwork. All of the inernal features have been excavated and the wall ... click here for more... 
 

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