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 Feature = 58

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Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 8/27/1996 
Entry: Quite a good day, although we're still stuck in our arbitrary space divisions. As soon as the walls are completely out I shall allocate a new space number, I'll also have to back track and reallocate certain units below the walls to the new space number. ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 8/28/1996 
Entry: The Mell area is looking a lot better, we've almost got the walls down. Jon worked in the lab for most of the day so Mary took over taking his wall, feature 58, down. The lower wall (1578) is beginning to be just as complicated as the overlying wall, cons... click here for more... 
 
Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 8/30/1996 
Entry: It's friday today but as I didn't finish my report on Wed. nor write one on Thurs. here I am recapping on the l;ast two days events. The week actually ended on quite a high workwise, I think we can see real progress and others have also noted a huge chan... click here for more... 
 
Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 8/31/1996 
Entry: The major event of today was the conservators rig being erected. Some very heavy pieces were lifted into place by the workmen,really quite awful to watch but it was done successfully. Work is progressing nicely, Anwen began excavating the large cut in spa... click here for more... 
 
Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 9/1/1996 
Entry: Bit of a hectic day today, lots of people in a small are again, sometimes I feel I've not been organised enough to keep everyone effectively employed. I beagan the day by equipping the Greek team, we're a bit sghort of supplies at the moment and it's a bi... click here for more... 
 
Name: Shahina Farid 
Team: Field Director 
Date: 9/9/1996 
Entry: A few days have lapsed since I made my last diary entry. The walls to the N and S have been recorded and partially excavated. Jon worked on the S wall or non-wall as it turned out, to the S of 106. There appears not to have been a S wall, or possibly no... 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... 
 

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