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: Althea Asaro 
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Date: 7/22/2012 
Entry: Since my last diary entry I have moved onto a new building with Justine and it is going pretty well thus far. It is building 43, and the first order of business, aside from cleaning and recording the building, was to take down a portion of the Northern w... click here for more... 
 
Name: Justine Issavi 
Team:  
Date: 7/22/2012 
Entry: A few days ago, we were asked to begin work in B. 43. B. 43 was previously excavated by Mellaart in the 60’s and was known as one of the level VIII "shrines" (E. VIII, 27). Its claim to fame was the "relief of two magnificent heraldic leopards attacking... click here for more... 
 
Name: Althea Asaro 
Team:  
Date: 7/29/2012 
Entry: At the beginning of our excavation of building 43 we were 5 strong, and now we are down to just 2 of us. Things are actually going quite smoothly now that we have finally removed that awful orange make up layer that took a good while to remove! So now we... click here for more... 
 
Name: Nikita Bogdanov 
Team:  
Date: 7/2/2013 
Entry: We began cleaning B.43 yesterday afternoon, finishing up in today's morning section. I haven't reviewed all of the relevant literature yet, but, building on Agata's brief summary, it is clear that the building has been heavily weathered, what with being e... click here for more... 
 
Name: Nikita Bogdanov 
Team:  
Date: 7/8/2013 
Entry: After nearly one week -- what has gone by quickly in retrospect yet seems like too long a time -- we're nearly done excavating U.30300 in B.43. This will be the first unit that I close, as I've been on it since Agata and I first began working in B.43 last... click here for more... 
 
Name: Nikita Bogdanov 
Team:  
Date: 7/15/2013 
Entry: I’ve continued to progress down through Sp.235 and am currently in the process of removing another make-up layer (U.30314), the second so far. This comes after having removed a fairly thin layer of plaster, covering most of the northern-central region of ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Nikita Bogdanov 
Team:  
Date: 7/31/2013 
Entry: Posting for 7/28/2013: Three days of excavation remain, and though this could be my final diary entry I will try hard to reserve most of my parting thoughts for the concluding record, to be written in the coming days. For now, details of the present st... click here for more... 
 
Name: Erik Johansson 
Team:  
Date: 7/28/2014 
Entry: We're in the last stages of B.43, once the leopard shrine E.VIII 27. Still standing is a small part of the east wall and the south wall. It has become clear while dismanteling the walls that there is continuation in the architecture. Will there be another... click here for more... 
 

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