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 = 7508

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Name: Erik Johansson 
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Date: 7/5/2014 
Entry: I've been continuing with burial 7508 as it's now called. The skeleton is positioned on its back, with the knees almost below the jaw. Teeth from the upper row was found approx 20 cm below the cranium. Scott, from human remains, did a 3D-model of the expo... click here for more... 
 
Name: EJ 
Team:  
Date: 7/6/2014 
Entry: So, burial 7508 continues to fascinate both archaeologists and the bi-ped specialists. The spine is placed in such and angle that it have to be broken, which makes you wonder about the burial practice in Catal. This person is extremely flexed and cramped ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Erik Johansson 
Team:  
Date: 7/7/2014 
Entry: Things changes concerning burial 7508. Today we managed to do 2 3D-models, exposing the ribcage and removing and recording several bones from the upper body. Working tightly with the human remains team does speed up the process. Hadn't this person been in... click here for more... 
 
Name: Erik Johansson 
Team:  
Date: 7/8/2014 
Entry: Finally, burial 7508 is coming to an end. Today after lunch we did the last 3D-model and first thing tomorrow morning me and Belinda from Human remains will lift the last bones and finish the burial. But of course this is not the last burial in B.43. A ne... click here for more... 
 
Name: Erik Johanssons 
Team:  
Date: 7/9/2014 
Entry: Today we saw the trench owl in the south shelter. We also almost finished lifting the bones of burial 7508 and 7510. Since we have a half day tomorrow I'm not sure we will finish, but surely on Saturday we will (famous last words). 
 
Name: Erik Johansson 
Team:  
Date: 7/12/2014 
Entry: I usually don't do diary entries after 9 pm, but today I closed three features on the same day. Two burials and a pit with an X-find in it that turned out to be natural (says finds) and artifical but unique (says pottery)… I'm not sure what to believe. Th... click here for more... 
 
Name: Erik Johansson 
Team:  
Date: 7/13/2014 
Entry: So, continuing the discussion about burial 7508. Yesterday I ended my post with a new term: "digscussion". In Catal we discuss/dig our way through the units. In the case with skeleton 30351 from F7508 we also 3D-modelled our way through. This was beca... click here for more... 
 

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