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.
 
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Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 9/5/1996 
Entry: We have been blown off site this afternoon, with no work possible after lunch. There is a terrific wind blowing from the west and filling our shelter with dust. We tried to tie down the canvas sides but that just put all the strain on the wooden frame whi... click here for more... 
 
Name: Gavin Lucas 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/11/1997 
Entry: Arrived almost two weeks ago but the first week was taken up with the construction of the steel shelter over Ruth's area, just adjacent to the North; unfortunately, this took a much longer time than anticipated and in the end a professional construction t... click here for more... 
 
Name: Gavin Lucas 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/18/1997 
Entry: Burials continue; the only thing of note is that the burial I am working on, [2119] has turned up five bone rings associated with the left hand - it appears as if one was around the thumb and there were two on each of the first and second fingers. The mai... click here for more... 
 
Name: Gavin Lucas 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/24/1997 
Entry: Excavation of the wall moulding F.24 on the south wall proved to have a similar two phase construction as F.26 although the primary phase [2140] was more akin to a plaster pilaster than plaster around a timber; however, the form of this was more ambiguous... click here for more... 
 

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